Aang was the senator representing the planet Roona in the Galactic Senate. As a Roonan representative, he participated in the Senate's activities throughout the Clone Wars, a widespread war across the galaxy that pitted the Galactic Republic against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Aang's time in the war included a position on the Military Oversight Committee, where he eventually agreed with the Naboo senator Padmé Amidala and voted to reduce the money allocated to the Grand Army of the Republic. Even with Aang's vote, the Senate decided to increase funding for the military, providing the army with five million more clone troopers. Following the Conference on Alderaan, Amidala hosted a celebration in his honor.