WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), who perished in a plane crash in Alaska:
"This is a terrible tragedy. He was a mentor and a dear friend to me. My heart and prayers go out to the families of all those aboard."
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