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Jim Webb Woefully Unaware Of Burma's Problems

U Pyinya Zawta | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

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U Pyinya Zawta

US Sen Jim Webb recently traveled to Burma to lean not on Burma's military regime, but to pressure my country's democracy movement into giving up economic sanctions--the most important tool in our struggle for freedom.

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Senator Jim Webb In Burma To Meet Leader On Rare Visit

nytimes.com | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and SHARON OTTERMAN | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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An American senator arrived in Myanmar on Friday to meet with the leader of the junta there, just days after the country's pro-democracy leader, Daw A...

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Ryan Grim

Webb Crime Bill Moving In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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The House of Representatives will be taking up a companion version of a popular Senate bill intended to overhaul the American criminal justice system,...

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What If Released Inmates Stopped Committing Crimes?: Prison Reform That's Already Working -- Like Nothing You've Seen Before

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Non-Violent Crime, Criminal-Justice-System, Crime, Prison Violence, Recidivism, Prison System, Prison, Senator Webb, Senator Jim Webb, Violent Crime, Violence, Criminal Justice, Inmates, Jim Webb, Prison Inmates, Politics News
Pamela Gerloff

Let's start changing our lock-up facilities into places that actually cause inmates to change their behavior -- so that when they leave them they never go back.

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Why We Must Reform Our Criminal Justice System

Sen. Jim Webb | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Senator Jim Webb, Criminal Justice System, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009, Ex-Offender Re-Entry Programs, Gangs, Mexico Drug Wars, Drug Policy, Politics News
Sen. Jim Webb

One in every 31 adults in the United States is in prison, in jail, or on supervised release. Numbers only tell part of the story.

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Obama, Biden Storm Into Battleground Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Last week 300 volunteers knocked on 10,000 doors! Even volunteers from Maryland drove down to help us. It was awesome."

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Grassroots Power: Thank You Video From Senators Webb and Hagel for Supporting New GI Bill

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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Paul Rieckhoff

With the support of thousands of readers from The Huffington Post, IAVA helped make history. When the GI Bill was signed into law in June, many of you contributed to this remarkable victory.

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When a Silver Star Meets Hollywood Stars

Patt Morrison | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment

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Patt Morrison

The fact that a new G.I. bill has passed both houses of Congress by veto-proof margins made Sunday's event seem less like a battle in progress and more like a last rest stop on the road to victory.

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My Conversation with Jim Webb

Tavis Smiley | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Tavis Smiley

2008-06-11-tavispull.jpgSen. Webb discusses the opposition to the GI bill from President Bush and a fellow Vietnam vet and Senate colleague, John McCain.

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Jim Webb's Baggage

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Virginia, Vice President, Obama/Clinton, Barack Obama, Senator Jim Webb, George Allen, Sexism, Breaking Politics News, Jim Webb, Feminism, Obama/Webb, Hillary Clinton, James Webb, Women Can't Fight, Offthebus, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

In the year of the Clinton candidacy, asking Democrats to vote for a vice presidential candidate who snickered about calling the Naval Academy "a horny woman's dream" is just rubbing salt in the wounds.

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Bush Appointee Blocked By Nine-Second Senate Session

USA Today | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The House was quiet as a mouse the day after Christmas. But across the Capitol, the Senate was operating in an unusually efficient manner in its ongoi...

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