by admin | Sep 11, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Congress is remembering 9/11. A bi-partisan resolution introduced in the House of Representatives marks the tragedy seven years ago and pays tribute to the nearly 3,000 people who died in New York, at the Pentagon and in an isolated field in Pennsylvania. West-Central...
by admin | Aug 29, 2008 | Politics / Govt
The Missouri delegation has left the Democratic National Convention in Denver to return home to the real work of the campaign. Missouri sent about 350 people to the convention which concluded last night with the acceptance speech of Barack Obama, delivered before...
by admin | Aug 27, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Voting is underway at the Democratic National Convention as delegates choose the party’s presidential nominee. It will be Barack Obama, but uncertain is how Hillary Clinton supporters choose to express themselves. Missouri delegates have heard from the Missouri...
by admin | Aug 17, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Our senior member of Congress says the United States needs to settle on a national security strategy. West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, a Democrat who is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, says America has effectively used a national security...
by admin | Aug 11, 2008 | Politics / Govt
A military expert in Congress is watching closely the developments as Russia invades Georgia in a dispute over a portion of that country that is often characterized as pro-Russian. The dispute between Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia might seem far...