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Openings Give Obama Chance to Shape Military

WASHINGTON (Nov. 8) -- Here's one place with plenty of job openings: the "E" Ring of the Pentagon. In the next several months, the secretary of defense and four of the six uniformed members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are expected to retire. This kind of mass exodus of military brass is "virtually unheard of," said John...

What Congress Bought Itself With Your $1 Billion

(July 21) -- Congress requires a lot of stuff to keep itself running. Like coffee. And plane tickets. And student loan payments. That's the point underscored (and underscored again) by figures collated by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit that uses technology to try to make government more transparent. In...

Should Army Surrender Arlington Cemetery to VA?

WASHINGTON (June 30) -- The secretary of the Army vowed today to clean up the management mess at Arlington National Cemetery, but a spokesman for the nation's largest organization of combat veterans said it may be time to consider transferring the hallowed ground to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Veterans of...

Ike Skelton News From the Web

05/18/12 Skelton speaks, area veterans honored during Lifelong... Source: Digital Burg - Warrensburg MO Former Congressman Ike Skelton spoke to a crowd of 200 people Thursday at a pre-Memorial Day program, "Honoring Our World War II Veterans," at Northside Christian Church.
05/11/12 Skelton to speak at Pre-Memorial Day program May 17 Source: Digital Burg - Warrensburg MO The pre-Memorial Day program, "Honoring Our World War II Veterans," is scheduled for Thursday, May 17 at 2:30 p.m. and will be at Northside Christian Church, 500 N. Ridgeview Drive.

Background on Ike Skelton

Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV (born December 20, 1931) is the former U.S. Representative for . During his tenure, he has served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

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