Jeff Lautenberger/Staff Photographer MU alumni Shirley Hessing and Elizabeth Moore unveil a memorial plaque marking the Susan Anding Skelton Memorial Garden as Larry McMullen and U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., look on. By Ettie Berneking MU played host to U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., and friends of his wife, Susan Skelton, to dedicate a memorial […]

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By Jerry Bohnen – KTOK-AM (Oklahoma City) Frustrated because the microphone of Army General David Petraeus wasn’t working at the start of a congressional hearing, Missouri Democratic Representative Ike Skelton didn’t realize his mic was on and cut loose with a string of profanities about reporters, calling them ‘assholes’. As Petraeus started to testify before […]

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The Missouri Political News Service is pleased to announce that the first leg of Congressman Skelton’s South Pacific Congressional junket was a resounding success. As we reported earlier, Congressman Skelton was in Guam last week to attend the Guam Industry Forum. According to it’s website, the forum was to “provide for interaction with industry related […]

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In his Iraq surrender speech, Rep. Skelton decried America’s “lack of readiness” due to the Iraq War. So going to Guam Mr. Congressman – to make sure Guam gets its share of military pork – will make America ready to defend herself from her enemies? This is how a naval facilities acquisition director described the […]

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When did Guam become the first line of defense for the United States? Oh well, don’t forget your sun blocker and sunglasses Mr. Congressman! By Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno Pacific Daily News The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee, Rep. Ike Skelton, will join a powerhouse lineup of speakers for next week’s […]

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By Andy Ostmeyer LAMAR, Mo. — “We’re just desperate here,” Lamar City Administrator Lynn Calton said in welcoming a proposal by U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., to consider Harry Truman’s birthplace for inclusion in the national park system. Earlier this week, Skelton introduced legislation directing the U.S. secretary of the interior to conduct a study […]

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By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON – Despite new U.S. intelligence warnings on al Qaeda’s resurgent terrorism network, a leading U.S. House of Representatives Democrat still believes U.S. troops in Iraq should be drawn down. But the United States might have to increase its troops in Afghanistan if other NATO countries do not help more there, said […]

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Washington, DC – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) released the following statement today concerning the new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland: “In hindsight, we should have concentrated our efforts on Al Qaeda in Afghanistan from the beginning. We missed an important opportunity when Bin Laden […]

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Photo by Darrell Todd Maurina Mayor George Sanders shows U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton some of St. Robert’s oldest city records after touring the new post office By Darrell Todd Maurina U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton spent part of Tuesday morning touring the St. Robert post office in city hall that his aggressive advocacy made possible. While […]

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By Darrell Todd Maurina Speaking Saturday evening to what Maj. Gen. William McCoy said was to the largest crowd he’d ever seen at the Audie Murphy Community Club, U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton and Fort Leonard Wood’s commanding general told those attending the Army Birthday Ball that they can be proud of their service in more […]

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