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Mark Warner

Mark Warner

Mark Warner is a former high tech business leader who co-founded Nextel. He served as Governor of Virginia from 2002-2006. Warner and his wife, Lisa, have three children and have made their home in Alexandria for the last 20 years.  Senator Warner was the first member of his family to graduate from college, earning a degree from George Washington University, thanks to part-time jobs and student loans. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1980, but decided to go into business instead of practicing law. Warner ultimately helped co-found the cellular telephone company Nextel.  In 2001, Mark Warner was elected Governor of Virginia. His administration inherited budget shortfalls that ultimately grew to $6 billion, and he left office with a budget surplus that allowed the largest single investment in K-12 education in Virginia history, a reinvestment in one of the nation’s premier public college and university systems, and a record investment in the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay.

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Jim Webb

Jim Webb

“In order to address our nation’s energy crisis all options need to be on the table.”  (The Hill 6/19/08)

Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Webb is a descendent of the Scots-Irish settlers who came to this country in the 18th century and became pioneers in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Webb graduated from the Naval Academy in l968, receiving the Superintendent's Commendation for outstanding leadership contributions while a midshipman, and subsequently chose a commission in the Marine Corps.

First in his class of 243 at the Marine Corps Officers' Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, Webb served with the Fifth Marine Regiment in Vietnam, where as a rifle platoon and company commander in the infamous An Hoa Basin west of Danang he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star Medal, two Bronze Star Medals, and two Purple Hearts. He later served as a platoon commander and as an instructor in tactics and weapons at Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, and then as a member of the Secretary of the Navy's immediate staff, before leaving the Marine Corps in 1972.

Webb received his J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center in 1975. He served in the U.S. Congress as counsel to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, he led the fight for including an African American soldier in the memorial statue that now graces the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall and wrote the inscription at the base of the flag pole. In 1984, he was appointed the inaugural Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. In 1987, he became the first Naval Academy graduate in history to serve in the military and then become Secretary of the Navy.

He is the proud father of children Amy, Jimmy, Sarah, Julia, Georgia, and step-daughter Emily. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Hong Le Webb.

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