Former Clinton-era Attorney General Janet Reno testifies during the hearing of the national commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, has died. She was 78.

Reno's goddaughter, Gabrielle D'Alemberte, says Reno died early Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease.