Jim Webb
American politician, military officer and author · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1946 · age 80
James Henry Webb Jr. is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, secretary of the Navy, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and is a retired Marine Corps officer.
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James Webb as Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1984.
Portrait of Webb as secretary of the Navy
Former President Bill Clinton, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Chuck Schumer, and former Senator Bob Kerrey campaign for Jim Webb's bid for U.S. Senate
Then-Senator Barack Obama, former Governors Doug Wilder, Mark Warner, and then-Governor Tim Kaine campaign for Jim Webb
Jim Webb with son Jimmy and George W. Bush in March, 2008
Senator and former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb delivers remarks during the Navy Day celebration held at the U.S. Navy Memorial
Jim Webb with Aung San Suu KyiOn YouTube
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Webb has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2006, having initially been a Republican. He was the first Democratic senator to be elected in Virginia since 1994 and is the most recently elected senator who did not serve as governor of Virginia.
