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Sen. McCaskill says killing of Osama bin Laden sends message (AUDIO)

May 2, 2011 By

Senator McCaskill says the successful raid on a Pakistan compound that resulted in the killing of 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden sends an important message, especially to the terrorists.

“Well, I think it tells terrorists around the world that we don’t give up,” McCaskill tells the Missourinet. “I think it also tells them that we can come onto foreign soil undetected and execute a highly specialized mission successfully and not even inform the country where it occurred until after the fact. That is an ability that few nations have and I think it bodes well for our national security.”

American intelligence and military operatives have been hunted for Osama bin Laden since the September 11th, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The Pentagon described the operation of a surgical raid on bin Laden’s luxury hideout in Pakistan. [Read more...]

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GOP worries that primary might hurt effort to unseat McCaskill (AUDIO)

March 23, 2011 By

A strong showing in 2010 gives Republicans confidence about winning the big prize in 2012, but they have to get out of their own way first.

The big prize is United States Senator Claire McCaskill’s seat, which she took from Republican Jim Talent six years ago. That race was close. McCaskill defeated Talent by less than 50,000 votes out of more than two million cast. Compare that November of 2010. Republican Roy Blunt easily defeated Democrat Robin Carnahan for US Senate, winning by more than 260,000 votes out of just under two million cast. [Read more...]

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Two are in, a third might make the jump as GOP takes direct aim at Sen. McCaskill (AUDIO)

February 27, 2011 By

Two are in. A third appears ready to jump in. More might be coming.

A dominant question on the minds of many Republicans attending Lincoln Days in Springfield this past weekend was: who would be the best candidate to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill as United States Senator in the 2012 election? [Read more...]

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McCaskill says Democrats must get message out (AUDIO)

December 24, 2010 By

Senator McCaskill says Missouri Democrats must do a better job of getting their message out and she hopes their new leader helps in that effort.

McCaskill denies she worked behind-the-scenes to maneuver former State Representative Craig Hosmer of Springfield out as chairman of the State Democratic Party and soon-to-be former state Auditor Susan Montee of St. Joseph in.

“Well, interestingly enough, the push for Susan Montee was not me and it wasn’t Governor Nixon,” McCaskill says. “It was really some of the grassroots Democrats across the state, the members of the state committee, who really felt like that Susan was someone who was responsive to them.” [Read more...]

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Missouri senators split on White House shake up (AUDIO)

September 24, 2010 By

President Obama’s top economic adviser has announced he will step down to mixed reaction by Missouri’s senators.

Senator McCaskill, a Democrat, sees no signs of a big shake-up with the decision of Lawrence Summers to step down as National Economic Council director in November to return to Harvard. She does see opportunity.

“But it does also give the president a chance to bring in some new voices and there’s nothing wrong with that,” McCaskill says. “Clearly, this has been a very difficult problem he inherited. He inherited an economy in free-fall. And while we’ve stopped the hemorrhaging and there are some really dim glimmers of sunshine on the horizon, there’s still obviously work to do.”

Three of the president’s top four economic advisers have decided to leave the White House. Summers served as Treasury secretary in the Clinton Administration. McCaskill points out that Summers initially agreed to join the Obama Administration for only one year to help the country dig out of the recession. He has stayed two, primarily to guide passage of an overhaul of the financial regulatory structure. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is the last remaining economic adviser to arrive with Obama when he began his presidency in January of 2009.

Budget director Peter Orszag left in July. Council of Economic Advisers chairwoman, Christina Romer, left earlier this month.

Senator Bond, a Republican, is glad to see Summers go.

“He’s leaving with unemployment still hovering around ten percent,” Bond says. “It’s clear that the president’s previous plan to give our nation’s economic reins to ivory tower scholars and professional government bureaucrats hasn’t worked.”

Bond hopes that President Obama seeks someone from the private sector to replace Summers.

“We don’t have anybody around the president who understands how the private sector works,” says Bond.

While disagreeing on the performance of Summers, Bond and McCaskill do agree that any new economic measures must concentrate on spurring the growth of small businesses. Congress has taken a step in that direction. It has passed the president’s small business incentive program, which provides easier credit and $12 billion in tax cuts for small businesses. The bill also creates a $30 billion fund to help small banks left out by the 2008 financial rescue package.

AUDIO: Brent Martin reports [1:15 MP3]

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