Posts tagged as:

Christopher Bond

Obama Afghan strategy winning praise in Missouri

by Brent Martin on December 1, 2009

in Military

It appears President Obama’s strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan is winning over key members of Missouri’s Congressional delegation.

West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, says President Obama struck the right notes.

“I thought the West Point speech was excellent,” Skelton tells the Missourinet. “The most important part was calling for America to unify against the common enemy.” [click to continue…]

Tagged as: Christopher Bond, Claire McCaskill

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Bond quits panel over dispute with Obama Administration

by admin 09/26/09 8:30 AM

Senator Bond has resigned from a special panel formed to review CIA detention and interrogation policies.
Bond quit in response to conflicts with the Obama Administration. Bond says the decision by Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the interrogation practices of the CIA during the Bush Administration interferes with the [...]

Read the full article →

Senator Bond urges Obama to keep faith in Afghanistan

by admin 09/24/09 3:20 PM

Senator Bond urges President Obama and Congress to keep faith in Afghanistan.
Bond takes to the Senate floor to tell colleagues they must focus on the military mission in Afghanistan, not the political positions being staked out in Washington.
"Let’s ignore the politics of the moment and finish the job in Afghanistan," [...]

Read the full article →

Bond remembers 9/11 victims – calls for completion of mission in Afghanistan

by admin 09/11/09 10:49 AM

Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) has taken to the floor of the U.S. Senate to mark the eighth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks by remembering those who died and to call for continued pressure to be put on terrorists by completing the military mission in Afghanistan.
"Today, as [...]

Read the full article →

Hearnes praised by his successor in Governor’s Office

by admin 08/17/09 5:25 PM

The death of former Governor Warren Hearnes, who died Sunday night at the age of 86, has brought statements and kind thoughts from many of Missouri’s political leaders, including the man who succeeded Hearnes in the Governor’s Office – now-U.S. Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond.
In a statement, Bond expressed sadness on [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries