Local peace activists gear up for national Veterans for Peace convention Aug. 15-19 in St. Louis By Kelley Atherton While Democrats and Republicans in Congress bicker over dollar amounts and a timeline to end the war in Iraq, some local citizens with Veterans for Peace (VFP) already have a solution: bring troops home now. Founded […]

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photo by Diana Linsley Aging Hippies trying to relive their “glory” days. How sad! Protesting “Failed” Iraq Policy Group targets Sen. Mike Gibbons’ Kirkwood office A local delegation from Americans Against Escalation in Iraq delivered yellow ribbons and a strong message to the office of Sen. Mike Gibbons, R-Kirkwood, on Tuesday: Open the door to […]

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We have to applaud Sen. McCaskill for not following the reactionary left in their zeal to see America defeated in Iraq. Although she says we are “squandering the lives of our bravest” and “squandering the future of our nation,” McCaskill still voted in favor of the war funding bill a couple of months ago. Like […]

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By Michael O’Brien Over the past few years, U.S. states have been a caldron of innovation on the topic. In Missouri, State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, a Republican, has undertaken an effort to cleanse the state’s pension funds of investments in any company doing business in a terrorist-sponsoring state. And this fall, Steelman will roll out […]

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Having a little time before they had to pick up their children from school or daycare, Code Pink and the Peace Network of the Ozarks activists staged a symbolic one hour protest in front of Senator’s McCaskill’s Springfield office Wednesday. We again have to question the strategies of our anti-war protester friends. This protest was […]

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by TIM HARE Ledger Staff Writer The body of U.S. Army Spec. Robert Daniel Varga of Monroe City was brought to Mexico Memorial Airport-Hagan Brothers Field on Friday morning, en route to his final resting place in Monroe City. Varga, a member of the 759th Military Police Battalion, 984th Military Police Company, died July 15 […]

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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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By Bob Geiger If Missouri really does pride itself on being “the show-me state,” you have to wonder how long it’s going to be before Missourians demand that Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) show them the truth. Bond, who has been one of George W. Bush’s most ardent rubber-stampers ever since the Supreme Court handed Bush […]

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Senator Bond was a guest this week on Fox News Sunday with his fellow Senate Intelligence Committee member Democrat Evan Bayh of Indiana. Bond is vice chair of the powerful committee. Also appearing on the show was Homeland Security Director Fran Townsend. See video here.

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Senator Bond will be a guest this week on Fox News Sunday with his fellow Senate Intelligence Committee member Democrat Evan Bayh of Indiana. Bond is vice chair of the powerful committee. Also appearing on the show will be Homeland Security Director Fran Townsend.

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