Ted Stevens

In this Feb. 19, 2008, file photo, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, listens to questions from members of the Capitol press corps., following his address of the state legislature, in Juneau, Alaska. Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, died in a small plane crash in Alaska, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. He was 86.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2008.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, walks with his daughters Beth, left, and Lily, right, as they leave the Federal Courthouse, April 7, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

President George W. Bush shakes hands with Sen. Ted Stevens after signing the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 on Aug. 3, 2007, in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Sen. Ted Stevens speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 19, 2005.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, right, joined by his wife Catherine, left, and daughter Susan acknowledge the cheers of supporters after an updated voting tally showed Stevens ahead of his opponent, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, on election night Nov. 4, 2008, at the Snow Goose Restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Sen. Ted Stevens, Clint Eastwood, and Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg pose at the First Annual MPAA "The Business of Show Business" Dinner on Feb. 6, 2007, in Washington, D.C.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington after speaking on the Senate floor for possibly the last time, Nov. 20, 2008.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, answers question about the November election after he was endorsed by the National Rife Association at a sporting goods store in Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, right, shakes hands with Sen. Ted Stevens before Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearings May 9, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Spokesman: Ex-Sen. Ted Stevens Dead in Crash