WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman managed to keep his Senate committee chairmanship in part because President-elect Barack Obama didn't want to punish him for supporting Sen. John McCain, Lieberman said Tuesday. 

Sen. Joe Lieberman speaks Tuesday after Democrats allowed him to keep his committee chairmanship. 

The Senate Democratic caucus, following a lengthy and often heated debate, voted 42-13 Tuesday to let Lieberman continue chairing the Senate Homeland Security Committee. 

The caucus did, however, strip Lieberman of his spot on the Environment and Public Works Committee. 

A Democrat in the Senate for 18 years before going independent, Lieberman criticized Obama, the Democratic nominee, during the race for the White House. 

"I know that my colleagues in the Senate Democratic caucus were moved not only that Sen. [Harry] Reid said about my longtime record, but by the appeal from President-elect Obama himself that the nation unite now to confront our very serious problems," Lieberman said in the Capitol as those colleagues nodded in agreement behind him. Watch Lieberman express regrets over past statements » 

Democrats were angered by Lieberman's speech to the Republican National Convention, where he praised his longtime friend McCain and criticized Obama for not reaching across the aisle to work with Republicans during his time in the Senate. 

Reid, the Senate majority leader, said Lieberman's criticism of the Democratic nominee had angered him. 

"I would defy anyone to be more angry than I was," he said Tuesday. "But I also believe that if you look at the problems we face as a nation, is this a time we walk out of here saying, 'Boy did we get even'?"  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the name of the person that speaks on Tuesday?
2. On Tuesday, which person will speak?
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Q2:
1. What was Sen. Joe Lieberman stripped of by the caucus?
2. Sen. Joe Lieberman was stripped of what by the caucus?
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Q3:
1. Sen. Joe Lieberman's spot on the Environment and Public Works Committee was stripped by which caucus?
2. Which caucus stripped Sen. Joe Lieberman's spot on the Environment and Public Works Committee?
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Q4:
1. What was the vote count of the Senate Democratic caucus when voting on letting Sen. Joe Lieberman continue chairing the Senate Homeland Security Committee?
2. The vote on letting Sen. Joe Lieberman continue chairing the Senate Homeland Security Committee resulted in what vote count?
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Q5:
1. Was the debate that resulted in a 42-13 vote count heated?
2. Was there a heated debate prior to the 42-13 vote count?
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Q6:
1. Did Sen. Joe Lieberman retain his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee?
2. Was the chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee kept by Sen. Joe Lieberman?
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Q7:
1. Sen. Joe Lieberman retained the chairmanship of which committee?
2. What is the name of the committee that Sen. Joe Lieberman retained the chairmanship of?
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Q8:
1. Sen. Joe Lieberman had been a democrat in the Senate for how many years?
2. For what period of time had Sen. Joe Lieberman been a democrat in the Senate?
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Q9:
1. What reason did the democrats have for being angry with Sen. Joe Lieberman's speech at the Republican National Convention?
2. Why did Sen. Joe Lieberman's speech during the Republican National Convention make the democrats angry?
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Q10:
1. Did Sen. Joe Lieberman praise anyone at the Republican National Convention?
2. Was someone praised by Sen. Joe Lieberman at the Republican National Convention?
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Q11:
1. What is the name of the person that was praised by Sen. Joe Lieberman at the Republican National Convention?
2. Sen. Joe Lieberman praised which person at the Republican National Convention?
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Q12:
1. Is Sen. Joe Lieberman friends with McCain?
2. Are Sen. Joe Lieberman and McCain friends?
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Q13:
1. Was the friendship between Sen. Joe Lieberman and McCain short?
2. Was Sen. Joe Lieberman's and McCain's friendship short lived?
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Q14:
1. What is the name of the political party that Sen. Joe Lieberman currently belongs to?
2. Sen. Joe Lieberman currently belongs to which political party?
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Q15:
1. How did Sen. Joe Lieberman's criticism of the democratic nominee make Reid feel?
2. How did Reid feel following the criticism of the democratic nominee by Sen. Joe Lieberman?
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