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NEWS ABOUT: Jim Webb

Jim Webb stories: 14 news summaries

(AP) - American John Yettaw boarded a flight home today, ending an infamous journey that began three months ago with a secret swim to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi that landed them both in prison. Suu Kyi, who repeatedly asked him to leave, and her two live-in aides, are still... More »

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Jim Webb • house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • John Yettaw

(Newser) - Burma’s imprisoned opposition leader may be OK with a “new approach” toward the country’s oppressive military regime, Sen. Jim Webb told reporters today. Webb met with Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday, during his visit to the country. “It was my clear impression from her that... More »

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China • Jim Webb • sanctions • economic sanctions • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi

 Suu Kyi's Yank Swimmer 
 Lands in Thailand 

Sen. Webb: 'What he did was regrettable'

Aug 16, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi begins another 18 months under house arrest, the American responsible for her sentence is free and has landed in Thailand, reports CNN. John Yettaw, whose release was won by Sen. Jim Webb, was hospitalized for observation in Bangkok. “He had a medical... More »

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Jim Webb • house arrest • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • John Yettaw

(AP) - Sen. Jim Webb visited Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi today, in a rare meeting between a foreign official and the Nobel laureate, the AP reports. He also won the release of the American who swam uninvited to her home and caused her latest trouble. Suu Kyi, who was... More »

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Jim Webb • Myanmar • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • Than Shwe • John Yettaw

(Newser) - Sen. Jim Webb arrived in Burma today and will meet with the leader of the country's junta this weekend, reports the New York Times. The Virginia Democrat will be the highest-ranking American official ever to meet Gen. Than Shwe; the White House said the senator was "not carrying a... More »

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Jim Webb • diplomacy • Virginia • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Than Shwe • senator • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • US Senate • Obama administration • John Yettaw

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Steele Dodges 
 Torture Question 

ACLU slams Obama; Liz Cheney: 'fantasies' spread about dad

May 17, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Steele has “a personal opinion” on whether the CIA’s interrogation techniques amounted to torture, but he refused to share it with David Gregory on Meet the Press today. “That’s not appropriate,” the RNC chairman said. But Steele did defend Dick Cheney and said Nancy... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Jim Webb • Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • Mitch McConnell • John Boehner • interrogation techniques • Liz Cheney

Webb Officially Pulls Out of Veepstakes

Senator says he told Obama last week he wouldn't run

Jul 7, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Webb withdrew his name from Barack Obama's VP shortlist today, squelching rumors he might bring military and foreign policy experience to the ticket, Chicago Tribune reports. The freshman Virginia senator has long denied interest, but says he bowed out officially last week. "I believe I am best equipped... More »

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Barack Obama • Jim Webb • vice presidential sweepstakes • Election 2008 • Democratic candidates • vice presidential candidate

 'Redneck' Lawmaker Gives
 Obama Unlikely Boost 

Webb helps Dem's credibility on national defense

Jun 21, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Webb, Virginia’s firebrand junior senator, is becoming Barack Obama’s wing man for courting pro-military and national defense voters. A respected war veteran and best-selling novelist, he is also among the more colorful candidates for Barack Obama's VP slot. But the politician who calls himself a "redneck"... More »

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Barack Obama • Jim Webb • John McCain • Democrats • Virginia • vice presidential sweepstakes

Va. Offers Democrats 2 Possible VPs

If 'dream ticket' doesn't materialize, Kaine, Webb are rising stars

Feb 12, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Amid talk of an Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama dream ticket, Democrats may want to look around before leaving Virginia tonight—the state is home to not one but two viable vice presidential contenders, Politico reports. Obama has already short-listed Gov. Tim Kaine, a campaign co-chair who shares the senator's bipartisan charisma.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jim Webb • Tim Kaine • Virginia • Potomac Primary • vice presidential sweepstakes

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 Shift Strategy to
Speed Troop Pullout

Plan would require troops to stay at home as long as last tour before redeploying.

Sep 15, 07 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in Congress are pinning their hopes on what they believe is the most politically palatable way to speed the withdrawal of troops from Iraq in the wake of Gen. Petraeus’ report last week. A bill mandating that troops be allowed to spend the same amount of time at home... More »

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Iraq • Jim Webb • Congress • Pentagon • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • troop withdrawal • George W. Bush

Dems Willing
to Deal on
Troop Pullout

They're easing off deadline after some surge progress

Sep 6, 07 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats are signaling they are willing to compromise with Republicans on a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The Democrats, who pushed before the summer recess for a pullout deadline next spring, have been undercut by some progress in Iraq and the success of the White House in maintaining... More »

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Iraq • Jim Webb • Senate • Senate Democrats • Armed Services Committee • troop withdrawal • timetable • Lamar Alexander • Carl Levin • Ken Salazar • Iraq war

Senate Nixes Limits on Iraq Deployments

Webb's proposal tests congress's support
for pullout plans

Jul 11, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate failed to push through an amendment to a military appropriations bill that would have drastically cut troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, effectively slicing the number of troops on the ground. The measure, cosponsored by Virginia Democrat Jim Webb and increasingly fractious Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, fell... More »

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Iraq • Jim Webb • Chuck Hagel • Iraq pullout • deployment

Three Freshmen Dems Balking at Immigration Bill

Opposition of centrists could sink measure

Jun 28, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three Senate Democrats--all newly elected in close races--are lining up against  the controversial immigration bill championed by President Bush and Democratic leaders. They and eight other Democratic naysayers could be crucial in determining the fate of the bill, reports the New York Times. A vote in the Senate could come... More »

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immigration • Jim Webb • Senate Democrats • Jon Tester • Claire McCaskill • Iraq war

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