Photos: Ted Stevens | 1923-2010

Authorities examine the wreckage of the plane at Anchorage International Airport. The crash killed Sen. Ted Stevens’ first wife, Ann.
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Members of the Senate Republican leadership leave a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), Sen. Ted Stevens (R- Alaska), Sen. Paul Laxalt (R- Nev.) and Sen. Jake Garn (R- Utah).
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President Ronald Reagan is flanked by congressional leaders during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left: House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill; Chief of Staff James Baker, partly obscured; Atty. Gen. nominee Edwin Meese; President Reagan; Majority Leader Howard Baker; and Majority Whip Ted Stevens of Alaska.
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Sen. Ted Stevens thanks the Alaska Native people after giving his congressional report to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage in 2004.  (Al Grillo / Associated Press)

Sen. Ted Stevens talks to reporters on Capitol Hill, as he walks to his office after making a statement on the floor of the Senate regarding a defense spending bill.
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Sen. Ted Stevens announces that he is running for reelection in Anchorage. He was defeated.
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Sen. Ted Stevens, second from right, applauds as President Bush addresses military personnel at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is at left, her husband, Todd Palin, is second from left.
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Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and his wife Catherine arrive at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C.
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Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevenswith his daughters, from left, Beth Stevens, Lily Stevens and Susan Covich as he leaves federal court in Washington.
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