by admin | Apr 3, 2009 | Military
Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Noster was passed over for the Nation’s Global Strike Command. The Department of Defense has announced that the Air Force chose Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana as the single authority over all strategic operations...
by admin | Feb 13, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Missouri’s Congressional delegation reflected the national political split on the federal stimulus bill before Congress. The $787 billion bill passed the United States House in Washington on a 246-to-183 vote. No Republicans voted for the measure, a compromise...
by admin | Dec 28, 2008 | Military, Politics / Govt
America will soon send between 20,000 and 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, a move applauded by West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton . To Congressman Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, this move is overdue. "Yes, I’ve been...
by admin | Dec 24, 2008 | Military
He won’t be spending Christmas with them this year, but West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton says he will be thinking about our troops serving in the Middle East as he celebrates the holidays. Skelton spent Thanksgiving in Afghanistan, sharing the...
by admin | Oct 26, 2008 | Politics / Govt
A controversial statement reignites the debate over whether Senator Barack Obama has the experience necessary to be Commander-In-Chief. Barack Obama’s running-mate, Joe Biden, warned a Democratic fund-raiser in Seattle to expect an international crisis, a...
