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STATE McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - Republican senators facing reelection challenges sought to insulate themselves from indicted Sen. Ted Stevens Wednesday by promising to donate to charity tens of thousands of dollars they received from the veteran Alaska lawmaker's political action committee.

Some Republicans say they'll give money from Stevens to charity

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Colleagues and friends: Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, left, and Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, stand on Aug. 16, 2007, near Spencer Glacier, in back, south of Girdwood, during a dedication of the first phase of the Alaska Railroad and the U.S. Forest Service's Whistle Stop service. Inouye has said he won't give away $13,000 he received from VECO executives.

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