John Warner

John William Warner (born February 18, 1927) is an American statesman and politician, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972-1974 and has served as a Republican senator from Virginia since 1978.

Politics

Warner entered electoral politics in the 1978 election, winning the Senate seat that he has held since. Committee memberships have included the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Select Committee on Intelligence, and, most importantly, he is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He has used his position to ensure and enlarge the flow of billions of dollars into the Virginia economy each year via the state's naval installations and shipbuilding firms.

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1978 - Environment and Public Works Committee - Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Select Committee on Intelligence - Senate Armed Services Committee

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In 1994, John Warner campaigned against fellow Republican Oliver North in his campaign to unseat Virginia's Democratic Sen. Chuck Robb.

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1994 - Oliver North - Chuck Robb

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On May 23, 2005, Warner was one of fourteen moderate senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' proposed use of the judicial filibuster, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "nuclear option". Under the agreement, the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster a Bush judicial nominee only in an "extraordinary circumstance", and three Bush appellate court nominees (Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen and William Pryor) would receive a vote by the full Senate.

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May 23 - 2005 - Filibuster - Nuclear option - Appellate court - Janice Rogers Brown - Priscilla Owen - William Pryor

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He is unrelated to the current Governor of Virginia, Mark R. Warner.

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Intimidation of officer who tried to contact Warner about torture by US troops

In September 2005, a Human Rights Watch report on routine torture by US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan accused US troops of having prevented an officer from leaving his base for an appointment with staff members of Senators John McCain and John Warner. He had made persistent efforts over 17 months to raise concerns about detainee abuse within the chain of command but was consistently told to ignore abuses and to ?consider your career.? After the broken appointment the officer was interviewed by investigators from the Army Criminal Investigative Division and the Inspector General?s office, and there were reports that the military has launched a formal investigation. http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2005/09/25/usint11776.htm

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Human Rights Watch - Routine torture by US troops - Iraq - Afghanistan - John McCain - John Warner

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