Mikulski, a role model for generations of women in politics, to retire in 2016

Sen. Barbara Mikulski , who has served in Congress longer than any woman in history, will retire after five terms in office Sen. Barbara Mikulski , who has served in Congress longer than any woman in history, will retire after five terms in office Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the Maryland Democrat who is the longest-serving woman in congressional history, announced Monday that she will leave the Senate next year at the end of her fifth term. Mikulski, 78 and in good health, departs the way she came in - with a sharp tongue, an unabashed liberalism, and a reputation for straight talk.

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