LIEBERMAN HONORS TED STEVENS

WASHINGTON – Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today issued the following statement in memoriam of Senator Ted Stevens:

“America has lost a great patriot; the state of Alaska has lost a founding father; and I have lost a dear friend.

“I am deeply saddened by Ted’s death.  I knew him for many years as a valued friend, a neighbor and a colleague.  We shared many great experiences and I am grateful for all of the wisdom he offered me personally.  I treasure the example he set in his career of devoted service to this country in the United States Army Air Force, the United States Senate, and through the many important causes that he championed for the state of Alaska and throughout our country. 

“We, his colleagues and his friends, were particularly blessed with the opportunity to have learned from Ted, who was always doggedly determined to serve the best interests of the people and state that he loved so much.  Our occasional differences on legislative issues never adversely affected our abiding friendship.  Ted was a giant of the United States Senate, and at a time of extreme political polarization, he inspired a spirit of bipartisanship by reaching across the aisle.

“Hadassah’s and my prayers are with Ted’s wife, Catherine, his children, and the entire Stevens family.”

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