John Warner

Republican  •  5 Terms  •  Sworn In 1979
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12/29/08
Senate Dems aid their own with last-minute dollars

...two days in September. Sen.-elect Mark Warner (D-Va.), who coasted to victory to take the seat vacated by retiring GOP Sen. John Warner, gave the DSCC two contributions totaling $500,000 on Oct. 22 and 23. After a 30-point win over his Republican oppone

Source: The Hill
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12/29/08
Sen. Warner Steps Down After 30 Years

After five terms in the Senate and service in two wars, a Virginia legislator is saying his farewell. Senator John Warner is retiring from thirty years in the Senate. In one of his final interviews as senator, the well-known moderate said he no

Source: WMDT
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12/28/08
After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace

...posture and bearing of the Marine he once was. In this April 8, 2008 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John Warner, R-Va., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) When he took h

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12/28/08
Wrap up for New Year freeze

John Warner, Shropshire Star weatherman, said the mercury tonight would drop to -3C (27F) as cloud cover keeping temperatures slightly higher, cleared. ...

Source: Shropshire Star, UK
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12/28/08
The Top Ten

In the same election Democrat Mark Warner handily won election to the Senate seat being vacated by retiring long term Sen. John Warner. ...

Source: News and Record, VA
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12/28/08
Virginia’s Congressional delegation split on Israeli attacks

elect Mark Warner, both Democrats, and Sen. John Warner, a Republican, were not available for comment, aides said. The conflict in Israel sent crude oil ...

Source: WSLS.com, VA
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12/27/08
Warner: I leave Senate holding head high

...Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said when he leaves the Senate in January he will do so with his head held high. The Republican, who turns 82 Feb. 18, 2009, has served in Congress through four decades, the terms of seven presidents, six other Virginia senators

Source: Webindia123
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12/27/08
Goode reflects on 35 years in public service

He said that while Sen. John Warner, R-Va., was “pretty easy to work with,” he does not perceive having close friends in the Senate because “there really is ...

Source: Martinsville Bulletin, VA
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12/27/08
Environment could get renewed attention in 2009

Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and John Warner, R-Va., had passed. Climate change legislation in the next Congress is expected to be even more ambitious. ...

Source: Muncie Star Press, IN
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12/27/08
THE TOP 10

Mark R. Warner to succeed John Warner in the US Senate. When Mark Warner takes office, it will be the first time since 1971 that Virginia will have two ...

Source: Daily Press, VA
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12/27/08
After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace

"So this guy says, `Hey, you know you look kind of like that senator, John Warner,'" Doggett recalled. Warner, milking the moment, coyly replies, "Yeah, ...

Source: The Associated Press
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12/27/08
Warner: I leave Senate holding head high

...Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said when he leaves the Senate in January he will do so with his head held high. The Republican, who turns 82 Feb. 18, 2009, has served in Congress through four decades, the terms of seven presidents, six

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12/27/08
John Warner Exits Senate After 30 Years

...Mark Warner in his only competitive re-election challenge. "So this guy says, `Hey, you know you look kind of like that senator, John Warner,'" Doggett recalled. Warner, milking the moment, coyly replies, "Yeah, I get that a lot." The man nods his head,

Source: NewsMax
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12/27/08
After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace

...Warner in his only competitive re-election challenge. "So this guy says, `Hey, you know you look kind of like that senator, John Warner,'" Doggett recalled. Warner, milking the moment, coyly replies, "Yeah, I get that a lot." The man nods his head, Dogg

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12/26/08
Sen. Warner: 'I walk out, holding my head high ..."

“There’s not a person in the US military today whose life has not been touched in a positive way by John Warner,” Sen. Jim Webb said. ...

Source: The Virginian-Pilot, VA
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12/25/08
John Warner reflects on 40-year career of public service

Of his legacy, Sen. Warner says only “I’ll rate a footnote in the political history of the state.” He added, “Few people thought that A) I could get elected ...

Source: WSLS.com, VA
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12/25/08
Sen. Warner on seven presidents

... years as a senior Pentagon official and two years as director of the US bicentennial celebration, John Warner worked directly with seven presidents. ...

Source: The Virginian-Pilot, VA
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12/24/08
2009 poised to be a green year, but . . .

Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and John Warner, R-Va., had passed. Climate change legislation in the next Congress is expected to be even more ambitious. ...

Source: Tucson Citizen, AZ
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12/22/08
Man Seeks to Rename Parkway

Former Albemarle County supervisor Forrest Marshall would like the parkway renamed the John Warner Parkway in honor of the retiring United States senator. ...

Source: NBC 29 News, VA
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12/22/08
30 years in Senate draw to close

Virginia Senator John Warner , with his wife Jeanne Vander Myde Warner at his side , announces that he will not seek re-election at a press conference at ...

Source: Lynchburg News and Advance, VA
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12/22/08
Mr. Warner Retires

...Jan. 3, Sen. John Warner ends 30 years in the U.S. Senate. The second longest serving U.S. Senator in Virginia history will end three decades of service to the commonwealth and the United States in less than two weeks. When Republican Sen. from the Sena

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12/21/08
Secretary of defense's Mayport decision still more than a week away

...is significant national security value in establishing an additional East Coast [carrier] support base,” Gates wrote Sen. John Warner in the Dec. 18 letter. “I consider it appropriate that the Department of the Navy move forward with the Record of D

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12/20/08
Gates' letter all but seals a new carrier for Mayport

John Warner and Jim Webb, Gates endorsed the Navy's study and denied the senators' request to slow down the process to consider more environmental effects. ...

Source: Florida Times-Union, FL
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12/20/08
Warner earned reputation for independence

Retiring US Senator John Warner talks about highlights and perspectives from his long career in public service. Whether it was policy, politics or the ...

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch, VA
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12/20/08
Gates' letter all but seals a new carrier

...wait until at least Monday - 35 days after he received the recommendation - to act. In a Dec. 18 letter from Gates to Sens. John Warner and Jim Webb, Gates endorsed the Navy's study and denied the senators' request to slow down the process to consider m

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12/17/08
John Warner’s Been a Credit to Virginia, Nation

In just over two weeks, the political career of one of the most important Virginians of the last half a century will come to an end as US Sen. John Warner ...

Source: Lynchburg News and Advance, VA
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12/17/08
• At End of the Road, Sen. Warner Sticks to the Middle

Sen. John Warner, a Virginia Republican, is shown in a 2002 photo. Warner, 81, who is retiring, remembers a Senate that was like "a big family. ...

Source: Washington Post, United States
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12/17/08
At End of the Road, Sen. Warner Sticks to the Middle

...81, Virginia's senior senator stands as erect as ever. He still spins a good yarn and knows a bill's real back story. But John Warner is not one to stay beyond his time. After five terms, he is heading home to the farm in Middleburg, exiting undefeated.

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12/17/08
At End of the Road, Sen. Warner Sticks to the Middle

...81, Virginia's senior senator stands as erect as ever. He still spins a good yarn and knows a bill's real back story. But John Warner is not one to stay beyond his time. After five terms, he is heading home to the farm in Middleburg, exiting undefeated.

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12/16/08
At End of the Road, Sen. Warner Sticks to the Middle

Sen. John Warner, a Virginia Republican, is shown in a 2002 photo. Warner, 81, who is retiring, remembers a Senate that was like "a big family. ...

Source: Washington Post, United States
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