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POLITICO has not confirmed the whereabouts or condition of Stevens (R-Alaska), the longest serving Republican in Senate history, but several media outlets are reporting that Stevens was on the plane, which crashed in inclement weather near Dillingham, Alaska. Former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, who is now chief executive of EADS North America, was also aboard the airplane, according to company spokesman Guy Hicks.
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O’Keefe, a former Stevens staffer, was traveling on an annual fishing trip that Stevens plans each year.
“Sean O’Keefe, EADS North America’s CEO, was a passenger on a private aircraft that crashed in Alaska last night,” EADS said in a statement Tuesday morning. “Local authorities are reporting that there are survivors and a rescue operation is underway.”
“No other details are available at this time,” Hicks said..
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Stevens, 86, was traveling Monday to the the Agulowak Lodge near Lake Aleknagik. The ADN also reports that “a woman who answered the phone at the Anchorage home of retired Air Force Gen. Joe Ralston, a good friend of Stevens, said Ralston was with Stevens' wife, Catherine, comforting her and trying to find out what was going on.”
The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team to Alaska to investigate the crash. Among the eight people on the plane, there are apparently fatalities and survivors.
Stevens has already survived one plane crash in his lifetime – in 1978 he walked away from a crash in Alaska that took the life of his first wife.
Stevens is a giant in Alaskan political history – he was named the Alaskan of the Century back in 2000 – and he was a key Interior Department lawyer back in 1958 when Alaska applied for statehood. The airport in Anchorage is named after Stevens.
He served 40 years in the Senate becoming one of the most powerful figures in the chamber as he ascended to Appropriations Committee chairman. Yet his career ended in controversy as he lost election in 2008 just a week after being convicted on federal charges – which were later overturned – regarding his financial disclosures.
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POLITICO has not confirmed the whereabouts or condition of Stevens (R-Alaska), the longest serving Republican in Senate history, but several media outlets are reporting that Stevens was on the plane, which crashed in inclement weather near Dillingham, Alaska. Former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, who is now chief executive of EADS North America, was also aboard the airplane, according to company spokesman Guy Hicks.
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O’Keefe, a former Stevens staffer, was traveling on an annual fishing trip that Stevens plans each year.
“Sean O’Keefe, EADS North America’s CEO, was a passenger on a private aircraft that crashed in Alaska last night,” EADS said in a statement Tuesday morning. “Local authorities are reporting that there are survivors and a rescue operation is underway.”
“No other details are available at this time,” Hicks said..
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Stevens, 86, was traveling Monday to the the Agulowak Lodge near Lake Aleknagik. The ADN also reports that “a woman who answered the phone at the Anchorage home of retired Air Force Gen. Joe Ralston, a good friend of Stevens, said Ralston was with Stevens' wife, Catherine, comforting her and trying to find out what was going on.”
The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team to Alaska to investigate the crash. Among the eight people on the plane, there are apparently fatalities and survivors.
Stevens has already survived one plane crash in his lifetime – in 1978 he walked away from a crash in Alaska that took the life of his first wife.
Stevens is a giant in Alaskan political history – he was named the Alaskan of the Century back in 2000 – and he was a key Interior Department lawyer back in 1958 when Alaska applied for statehood. The airport in Anchorage is named after Stevens.
He served 40 years in the Senate becoming one of the most powerful figures in the chamber as he ascended to Appropriations Committee chairman. Yet his career ended in controversy as he lost election in 2008 just a week after being convicted on federal charges – which were later overturned – regarding his financial disclosures.
Read more: http://www.************/news/stories/0810/40881.html#ixzz0wDIYFfRT
