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Carl Levin

Jun 28, 1934 - Jul 29, 2021 (87 years old) in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2015.

Born in Detroit, Levin graduated from Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School. He worked as the general counsel of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1964 to 1967, and as a special assistant attorney general for the Michigan Attorney General's Office. Levin was a member of the Detroit City Council from 1969 to 1977, serving as the council's president for the last four of those years.

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The Looming Tower
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Dirty Money
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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
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The Naked Truth
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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The 2000s
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Taxi to the Dark Side
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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
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The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
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The World According to Dick Cheney
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