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Lee gets fired up about refugee resettlement for Tennessee security

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 08, 2020 4:00 AM CT | Published: January 08, 2020 4:00 AM CT

Feeling opposition over his decision to put Tennessee in the federal refugee resettlement program, Gov. Bill Lee defended his move Tuesday among fellow Republicans at a Nashville social gathering.

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Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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