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cess, alternating the questions, having discussion,” he said. “That’s veiy important for the people of Virginia to know that John Warner and I are working together.”
On defense spending, Webb calls this relationship vital, as Virginia hauls in $45 billion per year in military appropriations, second only to California. “We meet regularly and our staffs meet regularly,” he said, noting that he and Warner have also co-sponsored legislation on items such as fixes to the “No Child Left Behind” act.
Previously, Webb served as a Republican under President Ronald Reagan as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs and Secretary of the Navy, until he resigned rather than reduce the Navy force structure. Twenty years later, Webb still plugs for a strong military, but vigorously questions the social and economic toll of a prolonged deployment in Iraq.
“This could end up becoming a $2 trillion war,” he said. “It’s costing us $2.5 billion a week, and that’s the wrong place to put money.”
In January, he received plum assignments to the committees on Armed Forces, Foreign Relations and Veterans’ Affairs, seats he said he negoti
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