WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 20: (FILE PHOTO) (U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), 82, talks to the news media after a meeting of the Senate Republican Policy Committee at the Capitol December 20, 2005 in Washington DC. It was reported that U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been indicted by the Justice Department on seven counts of making false statements to federal investigators on July 28, 2008. . The criminal charges are related to his business dealings in Alaska, Stevens is up for re-election this year. Getty Images logo Getty Images 16 months ago

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 20: (FILE PHOTO) (U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), 82, talks to the news media after a meeting of the Senate Republican Policy Committee at the Capitol December 20, 2005 in Washington DC. It was reported that U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been indicted by the Justice Department on seven counts of making false statements to federal investigators on July 28, 2008. . The criminal charges are related to his business dealings in Alaska, Stevens is up for re-election this year.

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  8. US President Barack Obama speaks during an event celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009. Dedicated to improving civic education and educating about the role and importance of the US Senate and named after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, the Institute will be located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.
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