FILE -- In this May 28, 1988 file photo, Senate Minority leader Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan. , left, and Senate Majority leader Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WVa. , call President Reagan in Helsinki from Capitol Hill in Washington, Behind them are, from left, Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine; Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I. ; Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. ; Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. ; Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif. ; Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga. ; Sen. John Warner, R-Va. , and Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

FILE -- In this May 28, 1988 file photo, Senate Minority leader Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan. , left, and Senate Majority leader Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WVa. , call President Reagan in Helsinki from Capitol Hill in Washington, Behind them are, from left, Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine; Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I. ; Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. ; Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. ; Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif. ; Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga. ; Sen. John Warner, R-Va. , and Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.

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