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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: PROLIFE who wrote (753880)	11/9/2006 4:10:43 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) of 769670

am not playing partisan. I respect his service to our country. I respect this. so just read it, and you might learn something: Jim Webb Military Service: Marine Corps, 1968-72 Career: Author; screenwriter; journalist; U.S. Defense Department official; congressional aide; lawyer Political Highlights: Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88 It is difficult to find a senator with the depth and breadth of experience as Jim Webb, a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War who has served as a Navy secretary and a congressional committee counsel and also is an award-winning journalist. "I can bring to the table . . . a variety of experiences that will allow me to see a lot of these issues differently," Webb said. He surely will have outsize influence for a freshman senator when the congressional debate turns to Iraq policy — the signature issue of his upset victory over George Allen. Not only does Webb's military background give him added credibility in discussing the war, but he also was an early dissenter of the Bush administration's decision in 2002 to conduct military operations in Iraq. Webb — who shed his longtime GOP affiliation over the administration's Iraq policy — says the invasion was a "strategic blunder" that has exacerbated terrorism. "Our foreign policy is in a state of complete disarray as a result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq," Webb said. Webb advocates a diplomatic solution involving countries that are close to Iraq and also are historically and culturally invested in that country. He will push the administration to say unequivocally that the United States will not be a long-term presence in Iraq. Webb also will be a voice for greater oversight of the administration. He said the skyrocketing number of classified documents during Bush's presidency shows the "weakness of Congress in a one-party system" to provide adequate oversight. Webb is concerned about some effects of economic globalization, which he says include "outsourcing" American jobs overseas, a greater concentration of wealth at the top of the economic spectrum and stagnating wages for the middle class. He supports increasing the minimum wage. Webb supports repealing tax breaks for wealthy taxpayers and closing off corporate loopholes that allow companies to avoid paying taxes. He supports targeted middle-class tax reductions, including credits to ease the cost of college tuition. He would simplify and overhaul the 2003 Medicare prescription drug law to allow the federal government to negotiate drug prices. On health coverage, Webb backs a plan by Massachusetts GOP Gov. Mitt Romney that requires all state residents to buy health insurance and provides expanded incentives for employers to cover them. He also supports embryonic stem cell research.

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