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James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the senior United States Senator from Virginia.
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Jim Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column Friday, saying they have disadvantaged struggling whites and hurt the cause of racial harmony.Webb wrote an op-ed column in Friday's Wall Street Journal that said a "plethora of government-enforced diversity policies have marginalized many white workers. The time has come to cease the false arguments and allow every American the benefit of a fair chance at the future."Webb's press secretary, Jessica Smith, said Friday that the senator felt the column speaks for itself and that he would not comment further.As an author, Webb expressed misgivings about how affirmative action programs have grown beyond their initial intent in two of his books, "Born Fighting" and "A Time to Fight."Federal diversity programs now primarily benefit new immigrants over whites and even black Americans, their original beneficiaries, wrote Webb, D-Va."In an odd historical twist that all Americans see but few can unde...For-profit schools would be required to meet new standards covering everything from drop-out rates to transparency, under a proposal by senators who claim the colleg...
The architects of political reconciliation in Myanmar, President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, met Wednesday ahead of the Nobel peace laureate's...
Iran is propping up Bashar Assad in Syria . An Al Qaeda affiliate is "extending its reach into Syria," possibly infiltrating the opposition as Al Qaeda's leader publ...
Democratic senator opposes Obama's plan to close Gitmo
With America still drowning in debt, critics in and outside of Congress say it's time to reassess U.S. foreign aid -- especially to China ."We started looking at the...
President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan insisted on Wednesday that the United States must continue its multibillion-dollar investment to a...
A Senate panel voted Tuesday to give President Barack Obama limited authority to continue the U.S. military operation against Libya, exposing deep divisions in Congr...
The Obama administration challenged five key military allies Wednesday to take on a greater share of the NATO-led air campaign against Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces, i...
America's ambassador to Syria had some important things to say at his confirmation hearing Tuesday about the regime's brutal crackdown on protesters. Unfortunately f...
Sen. Jim Webb on Thursday called for D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray to "promptly" review the police department's practice of throwing motorists in jail for letting their ta...
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray pledged this week to review his police department's policy of throwing drivers in jail over expired vehicle registrations, following a FoxNew...
President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the Democratic-controlled Senate Tuesday night despite a White House push that accele...
President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S. ambassador to the former...
Sen. Jim Webb is calling for an end to government-run diversity programs, saying they've only disadvantaged poor whites and hurt the cause of racial harmony.In a col...
The European Union's suspension of economic sanctions against Myanmar has riled exiled activists, who are urging the United States to press for further reforms by th...
The increasingly enthusiastic love affair between Myanmar and the West is about to heat up further with the European Union's expected announcement that it is easing ...
Some lawmakers reportedly express doubts about timing of law
Chris Stirewalt, Kirsten Kukowski and Melanie Roussell discuss the 2012 congressional elections
Bob Cusack reports on why some democrats are distancing themselves from the President and why Romney should visit Israel
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