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For 15 years until 1997, Terry Lynch served as a top aide to U.S. Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, a key watchdog in the nation's battle against terrorism.

On Tuesday, Lynch, 49, who now works for the consulting firm of Booz Allen & Hamilton, was meeting at the Pentagon with a three-star general about military manpower, his company said.

"Terry was a good father and husband, a valued employee," Shelby said in a statement, "and he was a great American."

Profile courtesy of THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.