RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Webb tells The Associated Press he's leaving office convinced that he's done his best during his one term.
The Virginia Democrat says he's achieved much of what he wanted when he was a long shot making his first bid for office in 2006, the year he unseated then-Republican Sen. George Allen. He said "six years for me is just about right."
The 65-year-old Webb sponsored a package of improved veterans benefits. He is still pushing criminal sentencing reforms.
In an AP interview Friday, the Vietnam veteran and former Navy secretary summed up his decision not to seek re-election in 2012 by saying he has given the nation and the people who elected him his full measure of devotion.
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