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Trent Lott's been gone 2 years, but his constituents don't know

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Life’s busy for Lott
Former senator still a force in Washington
By MICHAEL NEWSOM - mmnewsom@sunherald.com

Sometimes when he’s waiting in an airport on one of his many business trips, former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott has odd encounters with low-talking well-wishers who don’t realize he no longer holds public office.

“They’ll come over and they whisper, ‘Is Washington going to do all this stuff?,’” Lott said with a laugh. “A lot of them come up to me and say ‘Thank you for your service and thank you for your good work.’ They don’t know I’m retired.”

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