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“I wanted to speak today about Senator Carl Levin and his years of service to the Senate and the people of Michigan. Senator Levin has served 36 years and is Michigan's longest serving senator. John F. Kennedy once said that ``leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.'' Senator Levin's time here has been an illustration of that statement, and I have experienced this firsthand ever since I arrived in the Senate in 2007 and sought his guidance on difficult issues like the war in Iraq. He is one of the best informed and knowledgeable members of the Senate. Carl Levin has been a leader for years on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Senator Levin has served as the Democratic leader of the Armed Services committee since 1997, a term that overlapped with several defining events for U.S. national security, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the beginnings of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the operation against Osama bin Laden and the current conflict against the terrorist group ISIS. Chairman Levin has guided our caucus through the National Defense Authorization Act process every year, working to ensure members have an opportunity to include their priority issues in the bill. I am grateful for Senator Levin's support of my efforts to ensure Afghan women and girls remain at the forefront of our Afghanistan policy through this transition period.…”