Abramoff served a nearly 6 year prison term and is currently speaking on lobbyist reforms.

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Speaking on Friday night, Mr Higgins said his seven-year term would be marked by inclusion, ideas and transformation.

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Speaking on behalf of the Conservatives, Mark Isherwood AM called for the development of a database of long term empty homes in each county and stressed that bereaved estate cases should be dealt with sensitivity.

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Speaking to the court on Wednesday, Mr Brewer confirmed he had been in love with her in the autumn term of 1994.

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Speaking in an interview on Fox News Radio, Romney said Obama could have proposed immigration reform earlier in his term, when Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress, but instead waited until his re-election was pending.

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