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December 8, 2006

Chafee to appear Monday on The Daily Show

U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee is no stranger to national television. He's appeared on his fair share of the Sunday-morning programs such as Meet The Press and Face the Nation.

But the Rhode Island Republican will make his first appearance on a different sort of show Monday night: comedian Jon Stewart's The Daily Show.

Chafee is scheduled to appear on the popular Comedy Central program Monday at 11 p.m. The show will be taped Monday afternoon, according to Chafee spokesman Christopher Spina.

Spina said that Stewart approached Chafee's office about being on the The Daily Show a day or two after Chafee wrote an op-ed piece that appeared in the New York Times on Nov. 12 -- five days after he was defeated by Democratic opponent Sheldon Whitehouse.

"I think he really respects the senator and offered to have him on the show," Spina said.

Chafee packed up his Washington office yesterday while preparing for the end of his term, which officially concludes in January.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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