Global Politics Report Editorial
Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94
A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.
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Source: The New York Times
Politics desk: Congress
Published: Aug. 22, 2026 at 04:28 PM ET
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Original source: The New York Times