Former attorney general John Ashcroft gave a $20,000 speech at the University of Colorado last month, with a Q & A session afterwards. Ashcroft was asked about torture, our reputation in the world the missing Weapons of Mass Destruction, and how we failed to capture Osama Bin Laden. As he probably expected, he was not […]

[Read more →]

Hat Tip: Young Mo Politico In this video, Code Pink demonstrated outside of Claire McCaskill’s Springfield office on August 29, 2007. They used the names of 67 Missouri service members who have died in Iraq in attempt to further their cause. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/3bLZpsSmtWI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

[Read more →]

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/VjBe68gTCwA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

[Read more →]

By Daniel W. Reilly (photo credit John Shinkle) A self-described small-town “country lawyer,” Rep. Ike Skelton suddenly had the case of a lifetime last September. On trial was the conduct of the Iraq war, and as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Missouri Democrat had the first crack at the two star witnesses: […]

[Read more →]

From The Current: (University of Missouri – St. Louis) By Justi Montague Have you ever thought about joining a branch of the military to help out with college costs? I have. It seems like the perfect ride, you are offered stability, employment, a college education, personal development and even a chance to see the world. […]

[Read more →]

Below is a response by Mr. Carpenter to criticism levied at him by Senator Talent in an earlier article about defense spending. by Ted Galen Carpenter Jim Talent believes that the Heritage Foundation’s proposal to spend a minimum of 4 percent of GDP on the military has to be correct because the chairman of the […]

[Read more →]

By Rep. Ike Skelton On April 11, 1951, President Harry S. Truman dismissed General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander in the Far East, when the General’s views regarding the Korean War and China collided with those of the President. The following day, my father—who was a Lexington, Missouri, lawyer and a friend of Truman’s since […]

[Read more →]

By JOHN ASHCROFT For almost two years, the country has debated whether the Bush administration acted properly and lawfully in undertaking emergency surveillance operations of suspected foreign terrorists on presidential authorization in the wake of 9/11. For several months, we have been debating bills that seek to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court statute. There […]

[Read more →]

   Dear Mr. President: Seventy House Members wrote in July [2007] to inform you that they will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of our troops out of Iraq before you leave office. Now you are requesting an […]

[Read more →]

For immediate release: October 18, 2007 Contact: Loren Dealy (HASC) 202-225-2539 Washington D.C.— Today, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the use and effectiveness of Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stuart W. Bowen Jr., the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), and Robert […]

[Read more →]