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Key Democrat on National Security Calls on Biden to Quit Race
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Representative Adam Smith
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A key House Democrat on national security matters called on President Joe Biden to bow out of the presidential race.
Adam Smith, the top-ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, is the most senior House Democrat so far to publicly urge replacing Biden as the party’s nominee. He privately made his views known to colleagues on Sunday but decided to go public Monday in an interview on CNN.