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| | FOXNews.com - Former Sen. Coats to Guide Miers' Nomination - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political ... |
 | | Coats dismissed criticism from conservatives, saying that Miers fits Bush’s criteria to be faithful to the Constitution, uphold the law and use her real-life experience in her position to rule on the bench. |
 | | In the Senate from 1989 to 1999, Coats pushed legislation to restrict abortion, tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts because of grants it made to artists he said mocked God, and led the opposition to allowing gays in the military. |
 | | “Dan Coats is a well-respected former senator, former ambassador to Germany who’s known on both sides of the aisle as a man of integrity and principle and conviction,” said Republican Party Chairman Ed Gillespie (search). |
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