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Former senator Jim Webb: 'Taking a hard look' at Democratic presidential bid
Former senator Jim Webb laid out in stark terms the economic and military challenges facing America, saying he is “seriously looking” at a 2016 presidential campaign as a Democrat.
Webb, an ex-Navy secretary under Ronald Reagan who served one term as a senator representing Virginia, outlined in remarks at the National Press Club the federal government’s role as the middle class gets squeezed and the U.S. fights to protect national interests abroad. He shared what he called his “governing principles” in his speech and on Twitter.
“The very character of America is being called into question,” Webb said Tuesday. “Who are we as a people? What is it that unites us, rather than divides us? Where is our common ground when the centrifugal forces of social cohesion are spinning so out of control that the people at the very top exist in a distant outer orbit?”
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“I have strong reasons for being a Democrat,” Webb said. “Basically, if you want true fairness in society you want to give a voice in the corridors of power for the people who otherwise would not have it, I believe that will come from the Democratic Party and we’re taking a hard look, and we’ll get back to you in a few months.”
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http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140923/NEWS/309230065/Former-senator-Jim-Webb-Taking-hard-look-Democratic-presidential-bid
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http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_15/-27153-1.html
A young Senate aide was found dead Tuesday morning on the side of a highway in Virginia.
Botetourt County officers found Frederick Wayne Hutchins Jr., 26, on the shoulder of U.S. 220 with a single gunshot wound to the head. A gun was underneath the body, officials said.
Hutchins ran Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-Va.) Roanoke district office, helping represent the Senator in the area, said Kimberly Hunter, Webb’s spokeswoman.
In a statement, Webb said he was “terribly saddened” by the news.
Hutchins died sometime between 4:30 a.m. and 7:08 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Department. At that time, an officer stopped to inspect Hutchins’ car, which was parked north of Fincastle on the shoulder of U.S. 220. Hutchins’ body was outside the car on a small embankment by the road.
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hmmmmmm.......wonder what he found? I find this suspicious. Who kills themselves in that manner...on side of a road?????
A young Senate aide was found dead Tuesday morning on the side of a highway in Virginia.
Botetourt County officers found Frederick Wayne Hutchins Jr., 26, on the shoulder of U.S. 220 with a single gunshot wound to the head. A gun was underneath the body, officials said.
Hutchins ran Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-Va.) Roanoke district office, helping represent the Senator in the area, said Kimberly Hunter, Webb’s spokeswoman.
In a statement, Webb said he was “terribly saddened” by the news.
Hutchins died sometime between 4:30 a.m. and 7:08 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Department. At that time, an officer stopped to inspect Hutchins’ car, which was parked north of Fincastle on the shoulder of U.S. 220. Hutchins’ body was outside the car on a small embankment by the road.
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hmmmmmm.......wonder what he found? I find this suspicious. Who kills themselves in that manner...on side of a road?????
