Jim Webb by Langston Wilson

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Jim Webb

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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Webb was born February 9th 1946 in Saint Joseph MO.
He grew up with his mom and dad James Webb Sr. And Vera Hodges
He had 2 sisters Patricia Myers & Tama McKee and one brother Gary Webb
He's married to Hong Le Webb
He has 5 children Jimmy Webb,Amy Webb Hogan, Georgia Webb, Sarah Webb, & Julia Webb

Jim Webb graduated the naval academy in 1968
He served as a company commander during the Vietnam war earned multiple medals including the navy cross, purple heart ect.
After the war he pursued his law degree and graduated from Georgetown Law in '75

His first real political job was a counsel on the house committee of veteran affairs from '77 to '81
In 1984 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, and in 1987 became Secretary of the Navy
He announced his running for president in late july

Webb supports abortion and the use of the unborn fetuses stem cells for further research
Webb plans to fix the economy with a more or so inside out approach by increasing the number of jobs and attempting to decrease the number of imports we take in.
He supports gay marriage & believes affirmative action should apply only to african Americans he also believes the governments power should stop at a person ps front door
He supports gun control and believes self defense is right also thinks veterans should be able to register guns they acquired abroad

Before the second debate it was thought that Jim may make a good anti Clinton but after the recent debates and a more recent surge by Bernie Sanders has quickly made most people skeptical of seeing him make it very far despite this news Webb still believes he can make a good dark horse

In late October Webb announced he was dropping out of all candidacy of the democratic race but says he will continue to run as an independent saying "i know the chances are slim but i think ill bring alot of support over from my democratic campaign" Webb believes in the drastic state of the economy also gives him a huge boost