In 1976 he was assigned to a post crucial to its future: the Navy liaison to the Senate. In 1981 he finally retired from the Navy and settled in the state of his wife Cindy, Arizona. Alli jumped into the political arena and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. UU. in 1982. Reelected in 1984.
In 1986, taking advantage of the withdrawal of the veteran senator Barry Goldwater (R - Arizona), presented himself as candidate of the Republican Party in the Senate and won. Have you seen yahoo every day. Serious re-elected on three occasions in 1992, 1998 and 2004. Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate (1997-2005) and the Committee on Indian Affairs (2005-2007) and member of the Foreign Relations Committee. As a senator, McCain was quickly won a reputation for hard-line breakaway, with hearing in the Senate when debating matters of international politics and defense, his strength.
John McCain is one of the strongest supporters of Israel in Congress. Has strongly supported the Iraq War of 2003, like the Gulf War in 1991, and most of the decisions of President George W. Bush foreign policy. While denouncing the torture of prisoners. In 2005, Senator McCain proposed an amendment, the amendment to a preliminary McCain-Defense in an attempt to find a way to fill the gap in existing laws antitortura.
In May 2006, John McCain called for reforming the U.S. financial system, saying that companies Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac would bring many problems, "something that was found in September 2008 - to show an economic vision for whose alleged absence had been criticized.
Senator John McCain.
Won reputation as a man who does not conform with the established line within his party. Is a strong opponent of the industry of snuff and the influence of money in election campaigns, something he has to win popularity among the media. Led the fight to reform the use of money in political campaigns through the Campaign Finance Reform Act, also known as "McCain-Feingold Act" - with Democratic Senator Russ Feingold.
On issues like gay marriage and illegal immigration is not a conservative: Although this against marriage between same sex, says no problems with civil unions and is working on a project to give citizenship to gradually illegal workers that are already in EE. UU ..
If anything has characterized Senator John McCain is his bad temper. The chairman of North Korea has called "a puppet with platform shoes," said the capital of Pakistan "aNNA" and until recently referred to Asians as "Gook," a pejorative term itself from the war in Vietnam .
Another sign of its explosive character happened in 1992. This year the press went beyond a discussion between him and Republican Senator Chuck Grassley. "You know, Senator, I thought your problem was not wise to listen. But that is not. The problem is that you are a fucking idiot," was the phrase of McCain.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton to attack, McCain made a mistake later on would have to apologize, to make fun of Chelsea, the daughter of the president and Attorney General Janet Reno at a public event: " Por that Chelsea is so ugly, ' "I ask. "Because her father is Janet Reno." The magazine Washingtonian 'put him in second on the list of "worst with temper in the Senate.
- Arms Control Association
The Obama administration's fiscal year 2010 budget request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs includes 26 million for the U.S. contribution to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization ( CTBTO), the first request to meet or exceed the CTBTO's assessed contribution since the Clinton administration. - Fort Worth Business Press
The foolish Obama is a great unreported story of our time. Has a recent president basked in many favorable coverage in the media "Well, maybe John Kennedy, for a moment, but has not since. Overall, this is not healthy for America. - Anchorage Daily News
On Thursday, President Barack Obama's speech Cairo was the first of several steps in the reconstruction of a policy foundation for our Afghanistan commitment and a new policy does not specify military power, but relying less and act more out of the awareness of district interests. - Haaretz Daily
United States President Barack Obama would "immediately" talks between the Palestinians and Israel for a comprehensive Middle East peace agreement, the U.S. envoy George Mitchell said on Monday.
Obama wants "stronger, global regime".(THE LAST WORD)(Barack Obama's foreign policy): An article from: The New American by Gary Benoit (Digital - May 13, 2009) - HTML
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