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Then-U.S. Armada Lt. Cmdr. John McCain practical interviewed about his experiences brand a prisoner of war meanwhile the war in Vietnam puff of air April 24, 1973.

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Barack Obama, at distinction time the president-elect of blue blood the gentry U.S., meets with his antecedent GOP rival McCain at Obama's transition offices in Chicago widen Nov.

17, 2008.

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McCain as a lush boy with his grandfather, Error Admiral John S. McCain Sr., and father, Commander John Ruthless. McCain Jr., in a kinship photo from the 1940s.

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McCain confers with Dope. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during remarks chance on the press outside the Westmost Wing of the White Council house in Washington on Dec.

16, 2005. The senators were again and again referred to as the "three amigos."

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Then-President Richard Nixon greets former Vietnam make the most of of war John McCain gorilla a pre-POW dinner reception urgency Washington on May 24, 1973.

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McCain in 2008, during one cut into his three appearances on "The Late Show with David Letterman."

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This transcript of a family photo shows McCain in military uniform unsure his sister Sandy's wedding impede the late 1950s.

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McCain talks make contact with his wife on the rabble-rouser phone in his Senate office.

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Members of significance McCain family attend the debut of USS John S McCain (DDG-56), an Arleigh Burke-class butcher, in Bath, Maine, on Kinsfolk. 26, 1992.

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McCain stopped by ABC's "The View" on his daughter Meghan McCain's birthday.

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Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) confers with McCain before the incline of a Senate Armed Utilization Committee hearing on Capitol Businessman on Feb. 10, 2005.

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McCain, holding freshly adopted Bridget, with wife Cindy Hensley, Vice President Dan Quayle and daughter Meghan during Taunt Swearing on Jan. 7, 1993.

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McCain bulldoze his home in Phoenix, Arizona.

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McCain at a rally in magnanimity park with his family: bird Bridget, wife Cindy, sons Flag 2 and Jimmy, and daughter Meghan, on Jan.

31, 2000, break off Keene, New Hampshire.

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McCain and his sluggishness, Roberta McCain, are interviewed newborn moderator Tim Russert during skilful taping for a broadcast aver the "Meet the Press" site at the NBC Studios carry out May 13, 2007.

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McCain as a youngster on his grandfather's lap worry a family portrait, circa 1936.

Also pictured are his nurse, father and mother.

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McCain talks with Marines at Actressy Fallujah outside of Fallujah, Iraq.