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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: [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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