by admin | Oct 11, 2004 | Military
Missouri’s leading Congressman on defense issues lists the things Missouri gets in the new National Defense Authorization Bill. Congressman Ike Skelton says the bill contains about $77-Million for Missouri’s major military bases. The final version includes...
by admin | Jul 25, 2004 | Military
West central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, Missouri’s top man on military matters, defends his record of voting to keep more troops in the military when everyoneelse was calling for fewer. Skelton says everyone thought the U.S. could get rid of its large...
by admin | Jul 6, 2004 | Military
Missouri’s top man on military matters in Congress says too many people from small towns and rural areas are dying in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though he admits more people from small towns and rural areas join the military in the first place....
by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Military
Some Missourians could end up as part of the group of soldiers called up involuntarily for service in Iraq. They’re called Individual Ready Reservists – retired and separated military people who have to serve as inactive reservists for several years after...
by admin | Jun 28, 2004 | Politics / Govt
Missouri’s top man on military matters before Congress sees the transfer of the government in Iraq from Americans to Iraqis as a positive sign, but he still worries about U.S. troops there. U.S. officials surprised just about everyone when they moved up the...
