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NEWS ABOUT: John Warner

John Warner stories: 13 news summaries

 Lawyers Rush In to Grab 
 Work From Lobbyists 

Having fewer restrictions on lawyers' activities attracts clients

Apr 21, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama White House may have toughened rules on lobbyists, but the bonanza of new spending and regulation ushered in by the new administration has created a gold rush of lobbying opportunities, nonetheless, and law firms are horning in on the action, Politico reports. Staffing up with experts who provide... More »

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John Warner • Gordon Smith • lobbying • Washington lobbyists • law firm • Jon Porter

 Iraq Has $79B Budget Surplus 

GAO says Bagdad sitting on a lot of money, raising complaints from US senators

Aug 5, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(AP) - The Iraqi government could end this year with as much as a $79 billion cumulative budget surplus, based largely on ever-increasing oil revenues, US congressional auditors say. A report by the Government Accountability Office made public today prompted renewed calls from senators that Baghdad pay more of the bill for... More »

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Iraq • John Warner • GAO • Carl Levin • Iraq reconstruction • Iraq war spending

Oil-Rich Iraq Should Fund Reconstruction, Say Senators

US taxpayers are footing bill instead

Mar 9, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why isn't an Iraq that's rolling in oil dollars funding its own reconstruction? senators Carl Levin of Michigan and John Warner of Virginia want to know. The Armed Services' Committee honchos wrote the Government Accountability Office saying Iraq is doing little to help itself despite a projected $100 billion in... More »

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Congress • oil • John Warner • Carl Levin • oil price • Iraq reconstruction • senator • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

New Iraq NIE Likely
to Remain Secret

Officials keen to keep report classified after Iran estimate flap

Mar 7, 08 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Intelligence officials may keep the results of a new assessment on Iraq confidential when it's completed next month, the Washington Post reports. The new National Intelligence Estimate will be given to Congress, but intelligence officials are gunshy about making it public because of the brouhaha that erupted when they released... More »

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Iraq • national security • War on Terror • David Petraeus • John Warner • Mike McConnell • National Intelligence Estimate • confidential information • al-Qaeda • Director of National Intelligence

Senators:
Vets Need
New GI Bill

Hagel, Webb argue
US owes it to
today's soldiers

Nov 9, 07 11:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The US needs a spruced-up GI Bill for today's veterans, Chuck Hagel and Jim Webb say in an op-ed in today's New York Times. The Vietnam vets argue that the measure "was one of the most important pieces of legislation in our history" and call for a new version... More »

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Jim Webb • Chuck Hagel • Ted Stevens • John Warner • GI Bill • Daniel Inouye • Iraq veterans

Dems Fail to  Bring Troop Bill to Senate Vote

Warner defection kills bill to mandate time between deployments

Sep 19, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats were unable to muster enough GOP support today to bring to a vote a bill that would have given US troops more down time between overseas deployments. A late defection by Republican John Warner was the death knell for the bill, the Wall Street Journal reports, sponsored by... More »

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Robert Gates • Senate Democrats • John Warner • US troops • James Webb • Iraq war

Popular Ex Gov Will Run for Va. Senate Seat

Democrat Mark Warner After GOP John Warner's spot

Sep 13, 07 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Instead of running for the presidency, popular former Virginia governor Mark Warner will run for Senate, according to sources. He hopes to succeed Republican John W. Warner (no relation) and convert a formerly reliable Republican Senate seat. It would be the first time Virginia had two Democratic senators in 38... More »

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Senate • John Warner • Virginia • Mark Warner • Election 2008

Petraeus on Iraq: No Exit

Question haunts congressional hearings

Sep 12, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When David Petraeus led the 101st Airborne into Iraq in 2003, he made a rhetorical request: "Tell me how this ends." That question hung in the air during 2 days of testimony before Congress. McClatchy's Newspapers' Warren Strobel summarizes press sentiment when he concludes that the general failed... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Chuck Hagel • troop surge • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • John Warner • testimony • Bill Nelson • Lindsey Graham

Warner Will Retire in 2009; Dems Eye Va. Senate Seat

80 year old statesmen will "quietly step aside"

Aug 31, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 28 years, John Warner will call it quits in 2009, after his fifth Senate term. The GOP stalwart who recently parted ways with President Bush on Iraq strategy announced his retirement today, sending Virginia Democrats and Republicans alike into a tizzy, the Washington Post reports. "I'm going to... More »

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Senate • GOP • John Warner • Senate Republicans • Virginia

Pols Slug It Out Over Iraq

Senators, candidates use Sunday shows as firing range to lob verbal bombs at Maliki

Aug 26, 07 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Verbal bombs flew over the fate of US troops in Iraq this morning, heating up the debate as Congress awaits next month's troop surge report. John Warner, on “Meet the Press,” warned President Bush to “put teeth in these comments that we are not there forever” while... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • Nouri al-Maliki • Mitch McConnell • John Warner • US troops

GOP Senator: Start Bringing Troops Home

Warner raps Iraq PM, calls for limited pullout by Christmas

Aug 23, 07 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a significant break from his previous support for the White House's Iraq policy, John Warner said today wants to see some US troops home by Christmas. The influential ex-chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has opposed Democratic attempts to force withdrawal, CNN reports, but now says a partial... More »

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Nouri al-Maliki • Armed Services Committee • John Warner • troop withdrawal • Carl Levin • pullout • Iraq war

GOP Senate Bigwigs Push
for Iraq Shift

Lugar, Warner seek redeployment, want specifics by October

Jul 14, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the GOP's most respected foreign policy experts want troop realignment in Iraq, and they proposed Senate legislation yesterday that calls for the White House to have a plan in place by mid-October. The move by Richard Lugar and John Warner was the latest sign of disintegrating Republican support... More »

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troop surge • Senate • Iraq pullout • Iraq appropriations • John Warner • Richard Lugar • Senate Republicans • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

GOP Weighs Hollywood Ending for Cheney

Sally Quinn: Thompson offers perfect solution

Jun 26, 07 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - GOP decision-makers are so fed up with Dick Cheney that they've been searching for a replacement, without much success—until recently. In an op-ed in today's Washington Post, inveterate insider Sally Quinn lays out an ingenious plan: Use heart surgery scheduled for this summer as an excuse to oust the... More »

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Dick Cheney • Fred Thompson • Sally Quinn • John Warner • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

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