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Graham was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 as the first Republican from the Third Congressional District of South Carolina since 1877.  Prior to his service in the House, Graham compiled a distinguished record in the United States Air Force as he logged six-and-a-half years of service on active duty as an Air Force lawyer.  From 1984-1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein-Main Air Force Base in Germany.

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Philip Ewing is POLITICO Pro's defense editor. Previously, he was POLITICO's Pentagon correspondent and the author of its widely read email column Morning Defense. He also has served as managing editor for news of Military.com, edited the defense policy blog DoDBuzz.com and covered the U.S. Navy for the Military Times newspapers.  Ewing has reported from 20 ships, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, Haiti, Europe and elsewhere. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Springfield.