Our distinguished colleague, Senator Feinstein , drafted a censure resolution that attracted substantial bipartisan support and was published in the New York Times of February 6, 1999.

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Obama praised the senator's "extraordinarily distinguished Senate career" and military service in the Vietnam War.

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The senator, of course, had a distinguished military record, served as secretary of the navy under Nixon and helped to draft some important pieces of legislation, including the Clean Air Act of 1990 (he was a strong environmentalist).

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