[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/p56l7x70GG8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related : AP: “Clay applauds bishops’ decision to meet with lawmakers concerning Iraq”

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Sen. McCaskill’s comments on the Senate’s all nighter: ”We have to be clear with the American people who is blocking the way forward,” she said. We need to out them and this is the first step of effectively outing the republican strategy, which is, their success is our failure. And that’s exactly what Americans are […]

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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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By John Gizzi The surprising statement by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D.-Mo.) last week that U.S. involvement in Iraq is “squandering the lives of our bravest” and “squandering the future of our nation” came under sharp fire from both the White House and a congressional colleague of McCaskill from the Show-Me State. Both White House spokeswoman […]

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By C.J. Janovy Several Republicans are now coming to Jesus on the insanity of this war – even Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, who’s been a predictable supporter of the Bush administration, seems to be wavering. But who’s not? Why, Missouri’s Kit Bond, of course. This week, Bond told David Goldstein, the Star’s Washington correspondent, that […]

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Huffington Post: By Carl M. Baxley Jr. Over the last several years I have sat silently as I watched politicians accuse each other of “not supporting our troops.” On Wednesday, Senator Jim Webb tried to get a vote before congress to require that all military personal be allowed an equal amount of time at home […]

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President Bush is once again vowing to wield the veto pen if Congress passes legislation calling for a scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq within the next year. This time, however, Bush is increasingly alone in his confrontation with Capitol Hill. North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole yesterday became the latest GOP senator to hint […]

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By Sen. Claire McCaskillFirst of all, Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-Va.) amendment (S. 2001) is great, we need to pass it. Second of all, I hope we can hope get out of this bad habit that we’re getting in. If Missouri had to get to 60 percent to elect someone, I don’t think Missouri would get […]

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I recently received a personal phone call from U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill saying she had seen my son while visiting Iraq. She wanted to tell my wife and me that he was doing well, and to thank us for our sacrifices as parents. She then forwarded pictures her aide had taken during the visit. Now, […]

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