WASHINGTON — Since the founding of our republic, there have been precisely 1,974 members of the United States Senate. John McCain is only the eighth senator who was not also president or vice president to lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol — and only the 31st individual overall to be so honored […]
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Bob Neal's column enjoyable
I “discovered” Bob Neal at a meeting of Farmington citizens interested in better education. Because of that, I became a regular reader of his Sunday column in the Sun Journal. So it was with great delight I read his column in the Sun Journal, Aug. 29, extolling the life of John McCain. My heart soared […]
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Susan Collins remembers John McCain as a hero and a friend
PORTLAND — The military cargo plane careened, corkscrew-style, toward the landing strip at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, performing an evasive maneuver aimed at avoiding incoming fire. In her seat, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, had a case of the jitters. Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona reached over and patted her hand. “He said, […]
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With McCain gone, could Susan Collins replace the lion of Senate?
WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain is being remembered as a last lion of the Senate, with few others matching his stature. But the next generation of mavericks might come from the ranks of Senate women. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Dianne Feinstein of California and Patty Murray of Washington are all positioned […]
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John McCain, a man of integrity and honor
A few words about the political integrity of John McCain. Integrity was, of course, the byword of the Arizona senator, who died of brain cancer Saturday. The trait was most famously displayed in a POW camp in Hanoi when his captors, hoping for a propaganda bonanza from this son and grandson of four-star admirals, offered […]
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Rumford funeral home offers tribute to U.S. Sen. John McCain
A Rumford funeral home is offering a tribute for public viewing to U.S. Sen. John McCain who died Saturday at the age of 81. Viewings at S.G. Thibault Funeral Home will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Prayer cards will be available. Director Dan Gauvin said the tribute “honors a war […]
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Services for McCain set for Phoenix, Washington, Annapolis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s service to his country began more than six decades ago at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and will end there in a cemetery overlooking Maryland’s Severn River. A private burial service next Sunday will conclude nearly a week of events honoring the Navy aviator, prisoner of war, congressman, […]
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War hero and presidential candidate John McCain has died
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81. […]
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John McCain to stop treating his brain cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain, the six-term Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for his brain cancer, his family said Friday. In a statement, the family said McCain had surpassed expectations for survival, but “the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.” The […]
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Republicans join Democrats in condemning Trump's remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Bizarre.” ”Shameful.” ”Disgraceful.” That’s the swift and sweeping condemnation directed at President Donald Trump on Monday after he sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a stunning appearance in Helsinki — and that’s just from the Republicans. Lawmakers in both major parties and former intelligence officials appeared shocked, dismayed and uneasy with […]