by admin | Jan 21, 2006 | Politics / Govt
West-central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton has announced he’s running for another term in the U.S. House. Skelton, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, was first elected to Congress in 1976. Skelton says his major priorities include...
by admin | Nov 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
Congressman Ike Skelton is in a German hospital recovering from a military vehicle accident near Baghdad. The Arab news agency al-Jazeera says Skelton and two other Representatives were in a vehicle that had to swerve to avoid an oncoming tanker truck, and overturned....
by admin | Nov 17, 2005 | Military, Politics / Govt
It took a couple of weeks, but the ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee is finally getting some answers about why the Missouri National Guard has only about a third of the equipment it needs. West Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton asked...
by admin | Nov 14, 2005 | Military
Missouri’s top man on military matters before Congress is not getting answers to some questions he’s asking military officials and his patience seems to be wearing thin.West Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed...
by admin | Nov 3, 2005 | Politics / Govt
A General Accounting Office report shows the Missouri National Guard is woefully short of equipment, having about 61 percent of the radios it needs, 37 percent of the night vision equipment it’s supposed to have, and only about a quarter of the medium trucks...
