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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 garden to […]

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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 the U.S. […]

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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 “agressive […]

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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 industry forum […]

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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 to determine […]

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