Former Sen. Jim Webb: A Timeline
Former Sen. Jim Webb: A Timeline
| Feb. 9 -
Announces he will not seek re-election. |
May - Author of I Heard My Country Calling. Nov. 19 - Announces formation of expl. committee. |
Jan. 20 - Age on
Inauguration Day 70 years, 11.4 months. |
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| Executive producer of "Rules of
Engagement." |
Author of Lost Soldiers, a novel set in
contemporary Vietnam. |
Author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped
America (Broadway Books). |
June 13 - Def. Harris Miller in the
Dem. primary w/ 53.5%. Nov. 7 - Elected to U.S. Senate, def. Sen.
G.Allen (R) by 49.6% to 49.2%. Oct - Marries Hong Le. |
Jan. 4 - Sworn in;
introduces Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. Jan. 23 - Delivers Democratic response to State of the Union Address. |
Author of A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and
Just America (Broadway Books). |
Aug. - Trip to
Myanmar. |
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| Author of Something to Die For, a novel. |
Fall Fellow at Harvard's Institute
of Politics. |
Author of The Emporer's General, a novel. |
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| Author of A Sense of Honor. Marries Jo
Ann Krukar, who served as an Army nurse in Vietnam. Considered
for head of VA. |
Leads effort to include an African
American soldier in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. |
Receives Emmy Award
for PBS coverage of the U.S. Marines in Beirut.. Author of A Country Such as This. a novel
(Doubleday & Co.). |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs from April 1984 to 1987. | Feb. 18 - Nominated
Secretary of the Navy. |
Feb. 22 - Resigns as Secretary of
the Navy over budget cuts and differences with Sec. of Defense Frank
Carlucci. |
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| ...serves as U.S. Marine infantry officer in Vietnam to 1972; awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts. | Graduates from Georgetown University
Law Center. |
Republican counsel
to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, 1977-81. |
Author of Fields of Fire, a novel of the
Vietnam War. |
Divorces Barbara. (They had one daughter, Amy). |
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| Attends University
of Southern California on Navy ROTC, 1963-64. |
Appointment to the U.S. Naval
Academy. |
March - Oliver North
defeats Webb in Brigade boxing championship match. |
Graduates from the U.S. Naval
Academy. Marries Barbara Samorajczyk. Serves in the U.S.
Marines, 1968-72... |
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| Born Feb. 9, 1946 in St. Joseph, MO,
one of four children of James Henry Webb, an Air Force officer, and
Vera Webb. |
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© 2014 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |
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