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Senator Warner has won five consecutive elections to the U.S. Senate, beginning in 1978. In 2005, Senator Warner became the second-longest serving U.S. Senator from Virginia in the 218-year history of the Senate.
Now serving in his twenty-ninth year in the Senate, Senator Warner is the former Chairman, and now the second-ranking Republican of the Senate Armed Services Committee, having begun his association with our men and women in uniform sixty years ago. In this capacity, and throughout his career, he has shown unwavering support for the men and women of the armed forces. He has also been a champion of modernizing the structure and operations of the military to ensure its effecti...
Now serving in his twenty-ninth year in the Senate, Senator Warner is the former Chairman, and now the second-ranking Republican of the Senate Armed Services Committee, having begun his association with our men and women in uniform sixty years ago. In this capacity, and throughout his career, he has shown unwavering support for the men and women of the armed forces. He has also been a champion of modernizing the structure and operations of the military to ensure its effecti...
Senator Warner has won five consecutive elections to the U.S. Senate, beginning in 1978. In 2005, Senator Warner became the second-longest serving U.S. Senator from Virginia in the 218-year history of the Senate.
Now serving in his twenty-ninth year in the Senate, Senator Warner is the former Chairman, and now the second-ranking Republican of the Senate Armed Services Committee, having begun his association with our men and women in uniform sixty years ago. In this capacity, and throughout his career, he has shown unwavering support for the men and women of the armed forces. He has also been a champion of modernizing the structure and operations of the military to ensure its effectiveness in the 21st century.
Senator Warner also serves as the second-ranking Republican on two other committees, the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works. In addition, he serves on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.
Now serving in his twenty-ninth year in the Senate, Senator Warner is the former Chairman, and now the second-ranking Republican of the Senate Armed Services Committee, having begun his association with our men and women in uniform sixty years ago. In this capacity, and throughout his career, he has shown unwavering support for the men and women of the armed forces. He has also been a champion of modernizing the structure and operations of the military to ensure its effectiveness in the 21st century.
Senator Warner also serves as the second-ranking Republican on two other committees, the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works. In addition, he serves on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.
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Legislate tobacco
Will Sens. Jim Webb and John Warner stand up to Big Tobacco? The House of Representatives recently took a stand for our children. It passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act by a 326-to-102 vote. Now it's the senators' turn to also...Tags: Jim Webb, Tobacco Products, Lower House, Children, People
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Not for McCain
We have just gone through eight years of the dumbest president of my 67 years. John McCain graduated near the bottom — 790 out of 795 — of the class of 1958 from the Naval Academy. He took out a marriage license to marry Cindy before his...Tags: Bob Barr, Barack Obama, John McCain, Government, National Government
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Va. Democratic picnic rallies party faithful
247-4765A resurgent throng of state Democrats packed the annual partisan picnic Monday on the southern tip of the Peninsula, gearing up for an all-out two-month push to deliver the state to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Burgers, balloon animals...Tags: Barack Obama, Hurricane Gustav, Disasters, National Government, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Ready or not, Labor Day opens Va. politics season
AP Political WriterRepublican Jim Gilmore got right to the point, taking less than five minutes at a rally Monday to brand Democrat Mark Warner a debate-dodging tax-raiser who can't tell the truth. Then Warner, the heavy favorite in the race to replace retiring Republican...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia), Labor Day, U.S. Elections
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Offshore drilling might hinge on Virginia
247-4534When members of Congress return to Washington after the holiday, they'll likely take up an issue that began as an obscure idea in Virginia three years ago and grew in controversy until it became, for a time, one of the hottest topics in this summer's...Tags: Energy Resources, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Natural Resources, Credit and Debt
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Election bellwether Hampton Roads
804-225-7345Pauline Campana, of Hampton, lives in the suburban Asbury precinct, where Republicans have held sway in recent elections. Normally, she would have much in common with her neighbors. After all, she's been a Republican since high school and is a former...Tags: Barack Obama, State Budgets, Shirley Jones, Labor Day, National Government
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Warner's bipartisan tone could rankle Democrats
Associated Press WriterFormer Gov. Mark Warner plans to offer a lesson in Virginia-style bipartisanship to thousands of hardcore Democrats in his convention keynote speech Tuesday night. "There may be parts of the speech that aren't going to get a lot of applause," Warner...Tags: Regional Authority, Barack Obama, Danville (Danville, Virginia), Local Elections, National Government
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troubled horizons
The Associated PressEven the top Republican in charge of the party's Senate campaigns concedes the GOP will lose seats this year — the only question is how many. With President Bush's ratings at rock bottom, fewer Republicans signing up to vote, and voters...Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Political Candidates, John Ensign, Upper House
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Iraq on track for $79 billion surplus
The Associated PressThe Iraqi government could end the year with as much as a $79 billion budget surplus as ever-increasing oil revenues pile on top of leftover income the Iraqis still haven't spent on their national rebuilding effort, congressional auditors say. A report...Tags: Economic Policy, Reconstruction, Budgets and Budgeting, Carl Levin, Petroleum Industry
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. . . comes leadership
In response to letter-writer Fred Perrotti, please know that members of two branches of the U.S. government that lead and make decisions for you and me every day either serve for life (U.S. Supreme Court) or have no term limits (Senate). Our Supreme...Tags: Local Authority, Carl Levin, Apopka, Daniel Inouye, Upper House
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On Capitol Hill, it's a beautiful world
WASHINGTON — There are a lot of good-looking people in the world. Some of them wind up on Capitol Hill, a good thing because it often gives people trapped in overly lengthy congressional hearings a blessed distraction. In recent years, the very... -
Unlike his dad, Casey to speak at Dem convention
Of The Associated PressSen. Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania, a Democrat who opposes abortion rights, will be a featured speaker at the party's national convention, officials said Wednesday. Casey was set to speak during the convention's Tuesday night session, his office said. He...Tags: Abortion, Regional Authority, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Political Candidates
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