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A moderate Democrat from Indiana for 34 years, he chaired the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees and helped investigate the Iran-contra scandal and the Sept. 11 attacks.
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President Barack Obama called the Indiana Democrat "one of the most influential voices on international relations and American national security."
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The state's Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.
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