Tribute for late VA chief Max Cleland, who lost limbs in war

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Tribute for late VA chief Max Cleland, who lost limbs in war
By Sudhin Thanawala, The Associated Press
May 25, 09:15 PM
FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter, right, gives U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., a standing ovation during Cleland's campaign rally in Carter's rural hometown of Plains, Ga., Oct. 25, 2002. (Walter Petruska/AP, File)

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden and three former presidents paid tribute Wednesday to late Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator Max Cleland, who lost limbs while serving in Vietnam.

Biden called Cleland a hero who “exemplified the best of the American spirit.”

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