Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002.
This crash was no accident, and helped enable the Neo-Cons & members of think tank "PNAC" to carry out their overthrow of Iraq.