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2006 election cycle from the pharmaceutical industry. Perhaps drug money is more important to his campaign than is the health and well being of his constituents. Or maybe Allen never considered these issues, but just unthinkingly followed the party line, as he has done more than 95 percent of the time.
Jim Webb has an impressive record of public service. A graduate of the US Naval Academy and commissioned as a Marine, in Vietnam he served as rifle platoon leader and company commander, earning multiple decorations including the Navy Cross and the Silver Star Medal. (In contrast, Allen has no military service. He had a student deferment during Vietnam, spending most summers at a western dude ranch) Jim continued working in public service after Vietnam, eventually rising to Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan administration.
But Republican shortsightedness was too much for Jim. He resigned after refusing to agree to a Naval reduction in
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