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Just looking at his Wikipedia entry right - it reads\h
like something out of a superhero comic book.

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I mean he's a veteran of multiple wars, conducted the\h
first supersonic cross continental flight, and then\h\h

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was with NASA, and was one of the first Americans\h
in space and to orbit the earth. And he was only\h\h

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with the agency for about six years uh before he\h
went on to - you know have this long senate career.

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Going to space when you're 77 and a sitting\h
senator is remarkable. He had this lifetime\h\h

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commitment to public service that I truly found\h
very inspiring. Every single bit of advance that's\h\h