“actually increase our ability to win the war against international terrorism”
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Jim Webb
James Henry Webb Jr. is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, secretary of the Navy, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and is a retired Marine Corps officer. Webb has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2006, having initially been a Republican. He was th…
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culture · American politician, military officer and author (born 1946) · screenwriter · politician · writer · military officer · lawyer · historian · novelist · journalist · also Jim Webb, James H. Webb, James Henry Webb Jr., James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr., James Webb, Webb
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The major function of this legislation is to prevent this Administration from commencing unprovoked military activities against Iran without the approval of the Congress. The legislation accomplishes this goal through the proper constitutional process of prohibiting all funding for such an endeavor.
2026· 1 entry
2020· 1 entry
Webb was named the first distinguished fellow of University of Notre Dame's International Security Center
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2016· 3 entries
Webb stated that he would not vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and declined to rule out voting for Donald Trump
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Ruled out making an independent presidential bid
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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2015· 4 entries
After failing to gain substantial support for his campaign ahead of the primaries, Webb announced that he would be dropping out of the Democratic presidential race in favor of a possible independent presidential run citi
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Announced that he would be joining the race for the Democratic nomination for president, but ended his campaign on October 20, 2015, stating that he was "not comfortable" with many political positions of the party's l
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Through an open letter on his webb2016 website, that he would seek the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency
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Webb announced he would make a decision regarding a presidential bid by the end of the month
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2014· 2 entries
Webb announced the formation of an exploratory committee in preparation for a possible bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States in 2016
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That he was forming an exploratory committee to evaluate a run for president of the United States in 2016
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2012· 10 entries
Published video “Senator Webb Floor Remarks on Senate Term, December 6, 2012”.
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Published video “Rev. Elizabeth Evans Hagan Delivers the Morning Prayer in the U.S. Senate”.
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Published video “Senator Webb Testifies at the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs”.
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Published video “Senator Webb: "Humanitarian Interventions" Must Have Congressional Approval”.
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Published video “Senator Webb Testifies on Wartime Contracting Reform Legislation”.
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Published video “Apr. 12, 2012 - Senator Jim Webb Delivers Holds Press Conference, Bangkok, Thailand”.
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Published video “Mar. 22, 2012 - Senator Webb Questions DoD Officials on Situation in Afghanistan”.
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Published video “Mar. 15, 2012 - Senator Webb Questions DoD Officials on Independent Force Structure Study Delay”.
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Published video “Mar. 7, 2012 - Senator Webb at Armed Services Hearing on Syria”.
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Published video “Mar. 6, 2012 - Senator Webb Remarks, Questions at Armed Services Hearing on CENTCOM, SOCOM”.
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2011· 2 entries
Webb announced that he would not run for re-election in 2012
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Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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2009· 3 entries
Webb visited Myanmar (Burma), seeing its junta's leader, Gen
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Webb filed the Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 (SB 714), which would create a blue ribbon commission to reevaluate the criminal justice system and drug policy and make recommendations for reform
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Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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2008· 2 entries
As part of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008
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Due to his military experience and moderate policy positions
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2007· 6 entries
A senatorial aide of Webb, Phillip Thompson, was arrested for carrying Webb's loaded pistol as he entered the Russell Senate Office Building and for carrying unregistered ammunition
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Webb introduced his second piece of legislation, S
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Webb delivered the Democratic response to the president's State of the Union address, focusing on the economy and Iraq
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Webb was sworn into the 110th U
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Career landmark: United States senator (2007–2009).
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“The major function of this legislation is to prevent this Administration from commencing unprovoked military activities against Iran without the approval of the Congress. The legislation accomplishes this goal through the proper constitutional process of prohibiting all funding for such an endeavor.”
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2006· 13 entries
At a White House reception for those newly elected to Congress, Webb did not choose to wait in the line to have his picture taken with the president, whom Webb often criticized during the campaign
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Senate majority-leader-in-waiting Harry Reid assigned Webb to three committees: the committees on Foreign Relations, Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services
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After AP and Reuters projected that Webb had won the seat, Allen conceded the election
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Election won: 2006 Senate election.
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Webb released his first television advertisement, which included footage of a 1985 speech by Ronald Reagan that praised Webb's service as a Marine
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An incident occurred in which Allen used the word macaca to refer to Webb campaign associate S
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Webb faced longtime businessman and lobbyist Harris Miller
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Announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the 2006 Senate race against incumbent Virginia Senator George Allen
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Hong Le and Jim Webb have one child together, Georgia LeAnh, born December 2006.
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Began on the internet, promoted by netroots activists such as those at the blog Raising Kaine
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“[e]very movie needs a villain. Towel-heads and rednecks—of which I am one ... became the easy villains in so many movies out there.”
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Campaign: 2006 Senate election.
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In tribute to his son, Jimmy, and to "all the people sent into harm's way", Jim Webb wore his son's old combat boots every day during his 2006 Senate campaign.
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2003· 1 entry
“committed the greatest strategic blunder in modern memory”
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2000· 1 entry
And then ran against Allen himself in 2006
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1994· 1 entry
Endorsed incumbent Democrat Charles Robb for reelection to his Senate seat, over Webb's former Naval Academy classmate Oliver North; like Webb, both Robb and North were decorated Marine veterans of the Vietnam war
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1988· 1 entry
After refusing to agree to reduce the size of the Navy
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1987· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Navy (1987–1988).
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Served as secretary of the Navy, becoming the first Naval Academy graduate to serve as the civilian head of the Navy
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1986· 2 entries
“Friends are found on the battlefield, and unfortunately friends are also lost. And where do we find the measure of that sacrifice? How can we account for the value of that loss? Sometimes we can find an answer in our sense of country, at other times in our Corps. But clearly we can see it in the lives that were able to continue due to the acts of others who were not so fortunate.”
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“I go anywhere in the world they tell me to go, any time they tell me to, to fight anybody they want me to fight. I move my family anywhere they tell me to move to, on a day's notice, and I live in whatever quarters they assign me. I work whenever they tell me to work... and I like it.”
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1980· 1 entry
Webb was interviewed for Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War, a Canadian television documentary about the Vietnam War
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1975· 1 entry
Studied at Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor (1975).
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1969· 1 entry
While participating in a company-sized search and destroy operation deep in hostile territory, First Lieutenant Webb's platoon discovered a well-camouflaged bunker complex that appeared to be unoccupied
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1968· 2 entries
Studied at United States Naval Academy (1968).
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Received the Superintendent's Letter for Outstanding Leadership
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1964· 2 entries
Studied at University of Southern California (1963–1964).
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Webb earned appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-02-09.
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