by admin | Jun 3, 2008 | Military
A top Army engineer back home from Iraq says the United States is making progress there, though he says "it’s still very fragile". Colonel Dan Grey serves as Chief of Staff, US Army Maneuver Support Center and Fort Leonard Wood. Grey briefed reporters...
by admin | Apr 8, 2008 | Politics / Govt
On a day General David Petraeus – the top U.S. military commander in Iraq – appears before Capitol Hill lawmakers to update them on the situation in Iraq, Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) delivers a blistering attack on those he claims are in denial and committed...
by admin | Feb 7, 2008 | Military
A Missouri Army National Guard Sergeant has been killed in Iraq, the victim of an improvised explosive device (IED) yesterday, February 6 th . The Guard reports that Sergeant Bradley Skelton of Gordonville had come out of retirement to serve on this deployment....
by admin | Dec 9, 2007 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt criticizes a court ruling that has blocked enforcement of the state’s ban on protests at military funerals. A preliminary injunction has been issued by the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals, preventing enforcement of the protest ban. The court has...
by admin | Nov 25, 2007 | Military, Politics / Govt
Violence has fallen in Iraq since the United States fully employed the troop surge, but Missouri’s military expert in Congress says Iraq still has a long ways to go. West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton (D-Lexington), chairman of the House Armed...
