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John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, was born Aug. 29, 1936, in Panama. The son and grandson of Navy admirals, he spent more than 20 years in the Navy, a quarter of it in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. After retiring from the Navy, McCain moved to Arizona and in 1982 was elected to Congress, succeeding Republican John Rhodes, who retired. McCain served two terms in the U.S. House before he ran successfully for the Senate in 1986. He ran for president in 2000 and won the New Hampshire primary and a handful of other states before conceding the race to George W. Bush. He and his wife, Cindy, have four children. McCain also has three children from his first marriage.
John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, was born Aug. 29, 1936, in Panama. The son and grandson of Navy admirals, he spent more than 20 years in the Navy, a quarter of it in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. After retiring from the Navy, McCain moved to Arizona and in 1982 was elected to Congress, succeeding Republican John Rhodes, who retired. McCain served two terms in the U.S. House before he ran successfully for the Senate in 1986. He ran for president in 2000 and won the New Hampshire primary and a handful of other states before conceding the race to George W. Bush. He and his wife, Cindy, have four children. McCain also has three children from his first marriage.
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Political art: 'Presidential Campaign Posters' has election fever
Before the era of the 24-hour news cycle and weekly televised debates, the predominant and most creative outlet for presidential candidates to communicate their vision was the campaign poster. With "Presidential Campaign Posters" (Quirk Books), the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Arts and Culture, Ronald Reagan, Libraries
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Yucca Mountain critic picked to head nuclear panel
WASHINGTON — Stirring the lingering debate over storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, President Obama tapped Yucca critic Allison Macfarlane as the new chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The nomination of Macfarlane, an...
Tags: Barack Obama, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Mitch McConnell, Washington, DC, Environmental Issues
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Romney to speak in San Diego on Memorial Day
SAN DIEGO -- Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will be joined in San Diego Monday by the party's 2008 nominee, Sen. John McCain, at what is billed as a Memorial Day Tribute at the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center. Tickets for...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Human Interest, Memorial Day
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Maria Shriver, Michael Lewis on 'Meet the Press'; Douglas Brinkley on 'Face the Nation'
Staff writerThe Sunday morning guest list: ***Maria Shriver and author Michael Lewis discuss commencement speeches on NBC's "Meet the Press." The program starts at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. The headline guests are Gov. Martin O’Malley, D-Md., and former...Tags: CBS Corp., The New York Times, Robert L. Gibbs, Antonio Villaraigosa, Executive Branch
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Senate agrees on FDA overhaul
WASHINGTON — In a momentary flash of bipartisanship, the Senate approved legislation that would allow Americans speedier access to generic drugs as well as breakthrough treatments for life-threatening diseases as part of a Food and Drug...
Tags: Barack Obama, Health, Democratic Party, Food and Drug Administration, Instrument Engineering
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VIDEO: Obama campaign targets veterans, military families
Here in Battleground Virginia and elsewhere, the Obama campaign has launched a full-scale offensive to capture votes of veterans and military families. The campaign has already kicked off a grassroots organizing effort called "Veterans and Military...Tags: Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Memorial Day, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Politics
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More Americans now eating whole grains, fresh produce
A vast majority of Americans say they eat more whole grains and fresh produce than they did five years ago, but many believe the federal government needs to do more to ensure greater access to locally produced fresh food, according to a new survey. ...Tags: Democratic Party, National Government, Congressional Budget Office, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Analysis: Romney's 'magic number' to dodge Latino doom
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney won’t carry the Latino vote this year. No Republican nominee for president ever has. But improving his margins among Latinos is crucial to his chances of defeating President Obama, as new poll numbers out of Florida show....
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Politics, Election Day
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Poll: Obama still faces economic hurdles in reelection battle
It's become one of the core questions in a presidential reelection year — are you better off now than you were four years ago? For President Obama, a new poll has an ominous answer. Thirty percent of respondents in a ABC News/Washington Post...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Polls, George Bush, Bain Capital, LLC
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Rev. Wright ad proposal given bipartisan scorn on Sunday shows
Going against the partisan tendencies in Washington, both sides of the aisle readily took the opportunity to condemn the recently uncovered “super PAC” ad proposal that would have attempted to bring Rev. Jeremiah Wright into the campaign...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Executive Branch, Fox News Channel (tv network), Karl Rove, Politics
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'Flood' of fake military parts from China found in U.S. equipment
CNNThe results of a more-than-year-long Senate investigation into counterfeit parts being used in U.S. military equipment were released Monday and - as they had from the start - investigators are putting most of the blame on China. "Our report outlines...Tags: Barack Obama, The Pentagon, Electronics, Military Equipment, U.S. Military
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Citizens United II
"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics." That penultimate sentence in now-retired Justice John Paul Stevens' brilliant dissent in the...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, Crime, Law and Justice, Mining, Judges, Justice System
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