Former senator Warren B. Rudman dies

Th pugnacious two-term senator from New Hampshire who warned against soaring federal deficits and became the strongest Republican critic of the Reagan administration over the Iran-contra affair died Nov. 19. He was 82.

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Dec. 16, 1986

Sen. Warren Rudman (R-N.H.), the ranking Republican of the Senate panel investigating the Iran-contra connection, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill with other Republican members of the panel in Washington. Rudman served two terms in the Senate, choosing not to run for reelection in 1992.

Ron Edmonds / AP

Dec. 18, 1985

Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.), left, with Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), center, and Rudman hold T-shirts promoting deficit-reduction bill at Capitol Hill in Washington. A deficit hawk, Rudman co-authored the deficit-reduction bill with Hollings and Gramm.

Lana Harris / AP

July 13, 1987

Rudman, vice chairman of the Senate panel investigating the Iran-contra affair, gestures while addressing Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North during hearings in Washington. In an exchange with North, Rudman said the American people dictate the policies which Congress carries out, and that’s why "this Congress has been fickle."

Lana Harris / AP

June 24, 1987

From left, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), co-chairman of the Iran-Contra joint committee; Rudman; and Rep. Lee H. Hamilton talk about the day’s hearings on Capitol Hill. Although President Ronald Reagan was a fellow Republican, Rudman challenged the actions by Reagan administration officials that circumvented a law prohibiting the sale of arms to Iran.

Lana Harris / AP

Sept. 14, 1990

Supreme Court nominee David Souter, center right, talks with Rudman during a break in Souter's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Rudman was criticized for supporting Souter, a fellow New Hampshirite, because of the judge’s liberal leanings.

John Duricka / AP

Feb. 19, 1995

Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) is met by a crush of reporters and Rudman as Dole enters the Center of New Hampshire Hotel and Conference Center in Manchester, N.H. Dole won the 1996 Republican nomination for president, but he lost the New Hampshire primary.

Ben Garver / AP

Oct. 8, 2002

The Joint House-Senate Intelligence Committee continues hearings on Capitol Hill, examining the intelligence community's response to terrorism. Being sworn in prior to testifying are, from left, former U. S. Attorney Mary Jo White, Rudman, former FBI director Louis Freeh and CIA National Intelligence Officer Paul Pillar.

Dennis Cook / AP

June 30, 2003

Rudman, co-chair of the Council on Foreign Relations' Independent Task Force on Emergency Responders, speaks during release of the report "Drastically Underfunded, Dangerously Unprepared" in Washington. According to the report, which focuses on the emergency response to a terrorist attack, America will fall dangerously short of meeting critical emergency responder needs over the next five years if current funding levels are maintained.

Alex Wong / Getty Images

June 20, 2002

Former senators Gary Hart, left, and Rudman, chairman of the U.S. Commission on National Security, confer during the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on President George W. Bush's plan to create a department of homeland security.

Ray Lustig / The Washington Post

Oct. 23, 2007

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), center, walks with Rudman, left, after filing his declaration of candidacy papers to run in the New Hampshire presidential primary at the State House in Concord.

Jim Cole / AP

Oct. 14, 2008

Rudman and former senator John C. Danforth speak at a press conference in Washington regarding allegations of incidences of voter-registration fraud.

Gerald Herbert / AP

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