by admin | Jun 28, 2007 | Military, Politics / Govt
A United States House Armed Services subcommittee report says the Iraqi police force is corrupted and the way the Iraqi government and the Pentagon keep track of the Iraqi military is "critically deficient." The senior Republican on the committee,...
by admin | Jun 27, 2007 | Military
A soldier from St. Louis County who was wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq in April has been killed in a second roadside bomb attack. First Lieutenant Daniel Riordan and three other soldiers were killed in the bombing south of Baghdad. He had been in Iraq...
by admin | May 28, 2007 | Military
Add another name to the list of Missourians we honor this Memorial Day. The Department of Defense reports that 31-year-old Staff Sergeant Russell Shoemaker of Sweet Springs died on Thursday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when an improvised bomb blew up near his...
by admin | May 7, 2007 | News
An emotional Rep. Jason Brown (R-Platte City) spoke to colleagues from the House floor Monday afternoon, his first day at the Capitol since leaving to serve with the United States Army Reserves in Iraq. Brown told fellow representatives that it is easier to serve in...
by admin | Apr 8, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Senator Bond rejects Congressman Skelton’s proposal that the president quit threatening to veto a bill funding the Iraqi War, because it contains a deadline for troop withdrawal. Skelton, a Democrat from West-Central Missouri, is chairman of the US House Armed...
