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Look how Bill Cohen and George Mitchell worked together. It's the stuff of legends. And now it's the stuff of almost ancient history, regrettably, but the way those two really worked together.
Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Mikulski
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 20
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