A Conversation with Senator Jim Webb

Friday, April 3, 2009

Speaker

Jim Webb

Member, U.S. Senate

Presider

Doyle McManus

Washington Columnist, Los Angeles Times

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and highly-decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, Senator Jim Webb served as secretary of the Navy under President Reagan and was elected by Virginians to the U.S. Senate in 2006. He is a member of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, and Veterans’ Affairs, and is chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Please join Senator Webb to discuss his work in the Senate and his views on U.S. national security strategy.

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