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Aug 26, 2018 · Sen. John McCain, the Vietnam War hero who represented Arizona in the US senate for three decades, has died. He was 81. Follow here for the latest.
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The son and grandson of admirals, John Sidney McCain was born at a U.S. Naval base in Panama on August 29, 1936. After moving with his parents from base to base, then to boarding school, he attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis and graduated to become a Navy pilot. He frequently joked about his poor performance in school, calling himself an "undi...
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 as a conservative Republican, McCain was broadly supportive of President Ronald Reagan's agenda. He was also considered to be one of the most popular members of the freshman class of 1983. "John was clearly the star from the first day," Steve Bartlett, a former congressman from Texas, told The Ne...
The quotable and charismatic McCain developed a reputation as a maverick in the Senate, and seemed to relish his fights with the GOP establishment. He was at times unorthodox in his views, much to the consternation of his party's leadership, although his reputation for straight talk helped propel his run for the Republican presidential nomination i...
McCain returned to the Senate and remained outspoken. Over the last three years, Donald Trump became a frequent target. After McCain said a Trump campaign rally in Phoenix "fired up the crazies," Mr. Trump hit back with an infamous comment about McCain's military service. "He's not a war hero," Mr. Trump said at an event in Iowain 2015. "He's a war...
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Aug 26, 2018 · Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican and two-time presidential candidate whose military service, foreign policy gravitas and occasional aversion to party politics made him one of the most...
Aug 25, 2018 · WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that...
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Sep 29, 2023 · President Biden honored the late Republican Sen. John McCain, his longtime Senate colleague, on Thursday at a dedication ceremony for a new library in Arizona named for the senator and war hero...