| − | John Warner served as Secretary of the Navy under President [[Richard M. Nixon]]'s administration. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1978 and is now in his fifth term. He is the second longest serving Republican Senator from Virginia. His committee memberships have included the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Most importantly, as the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he has protected and enlarged the flow of billions of dollars into the Virginia economy each year via the state's naval installations and shipbuilding firms. In August 2007 said he will not seek a sixth senate term in 2008<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RC6D9G2&show_article=1</ref>. | + | John Warner served as Secretary of the Navy under President [[Richard M. Nixon]]'s administration. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1978 and is now in his fifth term. He is the second longest serving Republican Senator from Virginia. His committee memberships have included the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Most importantly, as the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he has protected and enlarged the flow of billions of dollars into the Virginia economy each year via the state's naval installations and shipbuilding firms. In August 2007, Warner said he will not seek a sixth senate term in 2008<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RC6D9G2&show_article=1</ref>. |