AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited Aiken County on Thursday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham was there, too.

They were there for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus.

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The collaborative is a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory, the University of South Carolina Aiken and industry.

Graham says that through his position on the Senate Appropriations Committee, he was able to secure $50 million in funding in fiscal years 2020 and

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