Ike Skelton News
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A shake-up is under way on the congressional committees that oversee national security and defense just days after elections that did little to change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate and House.
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The Defense Department is misspending at least $227 million on an Afghan power project from a U.S. fund designed to let combat commanders bankroll small, high- impact humanitarian efforts, according to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton .
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Harry Truman’s Missouri was a window on the nation’s culture and politics. It gave its electoral votes to eventual occupants of the White House for almost a century, choosing wrong just twice.
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Voter frustration over the economy and dissatisfaction with Washington returned control of the U.S. House of Representatives to Republicans and strengthened the party’s hold on the Senate.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers today he’d “strongly oppose” legislation ending the military’s ban on openly gay service members before he completes a review of the policy.
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The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation authorizing $725 billion in military programs and setting policy.
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As chief recruiter of Republican U.S. House candidates, Kevin McCarthy spends his time searching the campaign trail for Elvis, the Grand Ole Opry and a path to a congressional majority for his party.
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Republicans seized control of the U.S. House and narrowed the Senate’s Democratic majority in elections shaped by voter anxiety over jobs and the economy.
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Democrats across the U.S. are under fire for enabling out-of-control deficits and for being Washington insiders. The poster child for both attacks may be Representative John Spratt of South Carolina.
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China is pursuing military capability to operate as far as the Indian Ocean and further into the Pacific, as the country’s growing demand for oil and natural gas makes strategic sea routes more important, the Pentagon said.
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