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A number of key Republicans defended Herman Cain from allegations of sexual harassment as details continued to trickle out about the alleged incidents when the GOP frontrunner was president of the National Restaurant Association.

Cain is accused of making inappropriate comments to at least two women who later received settlement packages. After initially denying knowledge of the incident, Cain conceded that he had been aware of at least one of the settlements Monday night but maintained that he had not acted improperly.

But Republicans are tentatively rallying behind the candidate, criticizing early reports about the alleged incident for being short on details.

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