Tennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser has died
Jim Sasser, a former U.S. senator and a former ambassador to China, takes part in a discussion at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Nashville Aug. 15, 2006. (Mark Humphrey/AP file)
Sasser, a Democrat, represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 1995 and was then appointed by President Bill Clinton as ambassador to China.
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