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John McCain Biography
Republican Senator Arizona
Honorable
Mention Conservative
John
McCain Excerpts
from The Republican National Convention
John
McCain Biography by Fred Thompson
U.S. Senator John McCain has a long
career of public service.
After graduating from the Naval Academy
in 1958, John McCain began his career as a Naval aviator. In 1982, he
was elected to Congress representing what was then the first congressional
district of Arizona. In 1986, he was elected to the United States Senate
to take the place of Arizona's great Senator Barry Goldwater. Senator
McCain is currently the senior senator from Arizona.
In 2000, McCain ran unsuccessfully for
the Republican nomination for President of the United States. He is currently
the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and serves on
the Armed Services, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees.
Senator McCain has seven children and
four grandchildren. He and his wife, Cindy, reside in Phoenix.
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