Now Lord Oakeshott helped run Chris Huhne's leadership campaign against Nick Clegg but he's still a friend of Vicky's as well as Chris's.

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Alexander's friend Chris Hughes said he was happy with the verdict, pointing out a bold proclamation that Arias made in one of her jailhouse interviews that she wouldn't be found guilty.

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Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a fellow Democrat, is perhaps Kennedy's best friend in the Senate.

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