About
Senior Senator from Michigan who became Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services for the second time in 2007. With six terms under his belt he was the longest-serving senator in Michigan history.
Before Fame
He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1959.
Trivia
The first piece of legislation he introduced forbade credit card companies from discriminating against consumers.
Family Life
He was married to Barbara Halpern-Levin for over forty years and they had three daughters together.
Associated With
He argued forcefully on CNN that the Iraq war was a distraction, saying that there was a false connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.