Robert Wilkie 
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SOURCE: CNN
12-7-2018
VA secretary praised Confederate president as a "martyr to 'The Lost Cause'" in 1995 speech
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie praised Confederate States President Jefferson Davis effusively in a 1995 speech, calling him a "martyr to 'The Lost Cause'" and an "exceptional man in an exceptional age."
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