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Mitch McConnell
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Mitch McConnell

American politician and attorney (born 1942)

Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell is in his seventh Senate term, making him the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history. He served from 2007 to 2025 as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, including two stints as minority leader, and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.

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Phalanx is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter developed by ZOOM Inc. and Kemco for the X68000, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Game Boy Advance. The game was released for the X68000 in Japan in 1991, for the Super NES in Japan on August 7, 1992, in North America in October and in the same year in Europe, as well as for the Game Boy Advance in 2001 in Japan on October 26, in Europe on November 23, and in North America on December 27. Continue reading
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