‘A role model for many Americans’: politicians mourn Dianne Feinstein
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from on (#6F60C)
Joe Biden salutes a pioneering American' as Hillary Clinton says I'll miss her greatly as a friend and colleague'
Dianne Feinstein, the first woman to represent California in the US Senate who became the longest-serving female senator in history, blazed trails for women in politics and found a life's calling in public service", Hillary Clinton said.
The former New York senator and US secretary of state, who in 2016 was the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major US party, paid tribute to her fellow Democrat along with many others from across the US shortly after the announcement of her death, at 90 and still in office.
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