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Pakistan Targets the Taliban
May 26 2009
Senator Warner visited Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday and Tuesday, meeting with U.S. Ambassador Ann Patterson and several top Pakistani government and military officials.
Stimulus funds for schools
May 26 2009
Senator Warner announced today that the Department of Education will release $806 million from the economic recovery package to help address the budget shortfall Virginia’s education system is facing. The funding will help save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs at risk of state and local budget cuts.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., traveled to Iraq and Pakistan over the Memorial Day weekend, meeting with top government officials and the U.S. ambassadors to both nations, a spokesman said Monday.
Sonia Sotomayor's nomination
May 26 2009
Senator Warner released the following statement today regarding President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court:
Briefings in Baghdad
May 25 2009
Senator Warner is visiting U.S. troops in Iraq on this Memorial Day weekend, meeting with military men and women from Virginia and receiving updates from top-ranking U.S. and Iraqi officials. He sent in this report from Baghdad:
A documentary portraying Bedford’s role in the largest air, land and sea operation in military history is making its way to the big screen at the nation’s capital.
Federal agencies need to move more quickly to determine if Chinese-made drywall poses a health risk to home-owners, Sen. Mark Warner urged Thursday.
Getting answers on Chinese drywall
May 21 2009
Senator Warner pressed federal regulators and scientists at a Senate hearing today on problems reported in homes across Hampton Roads that include high-sulfur Chinese drywall.
Funding for rural development
May 21 2009
Earlier this week, Senator Warner announced that the Department of Agriculture will release $1.2 million from the stimulus package to provide grants or loans to 31 localities and non-profit organizations to fund community facilities and emergency responder projects in Virginia.
Questioning Geithner on AIG
May 20 2009
During today's Senate Banking Committee hearing, Senator Warner said he is "very troubled" with the government's open-ended involvement with AIG and questioned Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner about his apparent lack of flexibility in reducing payments to the AIG "counterparties" -- those AIG investors who will get 100 percent of their money back.
