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John McCain Official portrait, 2009 United States Senator from Arizona In office January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018 Preceded by Barry Goldwater Succeeded by Jon Kyl Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st district In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 Preceded by John Jacob Rhodes Succeeded by John Jacob Rhodes III Senatorial positions Chair of the Senate Armed ...
McCain's grandfather "Slew" (left) and father "Jack" on board a U.S. Navy ship in Tokyo Bay, c. September 2, 1945. John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, [1] at a United States Navy hospital [2] [3] [4] at Coco Solo Naval Air Station [5] [6] in the Panama Canal Zone, which at that time was considered to be among the unincorporated territories of the United States. [7]
McCain's visibility was increased by the 1995 publication of Robert Timberg's well-received The Nightingale's Song, a joint biography of five graduates from the Naval Academy who had served in Vietnam and whose subsequent public fame and problems illuminated the role of Vietnam and the military in American life. [131]
McCain in August 2009. Senator John McCain's personal character has dominated the image and perception of him. [1] His family's military heritage, his rebellious nature as a youth, his endurance over his treatment as a prisoner of war, his resulting physical limitations, his political persona, his well-known temper, his admitted propensity for controversial or ill-advised remarks, and his ...
McCain in 2001. U.S. Senator John McCain, a Republican Party politician from Arizona who was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1983 until his death in office in 2018, a two-time U.S. presidential candidate, and the nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, took positions on many political issues through his public comments, his presidential campaign statements ...
McCain had rarely discussed his military experiences until the 1995 publication of Robert Timberg's The Nightingale's Song. [1] After that book found critical praise, Timberg's literary agent tried to persuade McCain to write his own memoir on the subject; he was reluctant until she suggested he fold in the stories of his father and grandfather as well.
Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember is a 2005 book by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Published by Random House , it is a collection of biographies about individuals from the past and present who, in the authors' view, exemplify the best qualities of character.
Following the 2000 presidential election, there was a large amount of lingering bitterness between George W. Bush and McCain and between their respective staffs. [2] [3] [4] McCain was also upset that the Bush administration hired few if any of his aides for White House positions; [5] an unofficial Bush policy blocked McCain staffers from thousands of administration jobs.