Lindsey Graham: The senator, soldier and statesman who never backed down
Theodore Roosevelt could have been describing Lindsey Graham when he said, “The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic — the man who actually does the work.”
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Opinion Lindsey Graham: The senator, soldier and statesman who never backed down By Mike Waltz Published July 12, 2026, 9:22 p.m. ET Sen. Lindsey Graham speaking to the press at a US base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Dec. 10, 2008. AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google “The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic — the man who actually does the work.” Theodore Roosevelt could have been describing Lindsey Graham. I first came to know Lindsey not as Sen. Graham, but as Col. Graham, a man who regularly stepped away from his role as a senator to put on an Air Force uniform, go down range and train Afghan military lawyers.
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