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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4]</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/atom_news/400377_ike_skelton" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/news/400377_ike_skelton" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2008-08-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
  </author>
  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400377</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Politicians react to choice of Biden</title>
    <link href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/74D3D3888BF56805862574AF0009E743?OpenDocument" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-25:/commentary/2727685</id>
    <updated>2008-08-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</name>
    </author>
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"Joe Biden is an excellent choice for the vice presidential nomination. He's an expert on foreign affairs and will return credibility and respect in international relations for our country." 
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo.
"Very pleased with the pick &#8212; it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/74D3D3888BF56805862574AF0009E743?OpenDocument"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fort to get new multi-faith chapel</title>
    <link href="http://www.basehorinfo.com/news/2008/aug/20/fort_get_new_multifaith_chapel/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-19:/commentary/2719708</id>
    <updated>2008-08-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Basehor Sentinel,&amp;nbsp;KS</name>
    </author>
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Nancy Boyda, D-Kan.; Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo.; Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas; Garrison Commander Col. Tim Weathersbee; Col. Roger Wilson of the US Army Corps of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.basehorinfo.com/news/2008/aug/20/fort_get_new_multifaith_chapel/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fort Leavenworth breaks ground on chapel</title>
    <link href="http://www.hdnews.net/wirestories/k1035-BC-KS-MilitaryNotebook-08-18-0704" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-18:/commentary/2719713</id>
    <updated>2008-08-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Hays Daily News,&amp;nbsp;KS</name>
    </author>
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Boyda is a member of the House Armed Service Committee and was joined at Monday&amp;#39;s event by chairman Ike Skelton of Missouri and Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hdnews.net/wirestories/k1035-BC-KS-MilitaryNotebook-08-18-0704"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Skelton: NATO needs unified response on Georgia</title>
    <link href="http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=8858605" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-18:/commentary/2719707</id>
    <updated>2008-08-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>KWCH,&amp;nbsp;KS</name>
    </author>
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Rep. Ike Skelton also says the US needs to work through the United Nations. He says the American military is stretched too thin, with fighting in Iraq and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=8858605"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Group urges more openness in courts-martial</title>
    <link href="http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/08/military_commondocket_courtsmartial_0815083w/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-15:/commentary/2736039</id>
    <updated>2008-08-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Military Times</name>
    </author>
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A nonprofit group representing the news media wants Congress to order the military to provide more information to the public about military courts-martial and criminal investigations.
The Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press says in a report&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/08/military_commondocket_courtsmartial_0815083w/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Group urges more openness in courts-martial</title>
    <link href="http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/08/military_commondocket_courtsmartial_0815083w/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-15:/commentary/2719712</id>
    <updated>2008-08-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AirForceTimes.com,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Dalglish said committee members have been talking with Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., the House Armed Services Committee  chairman, about the need for changing the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/08/military_commondocket_courtsmartial_0815083w/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>In Georgia, the hazards of proxy war</title>
    <link href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/bal-georgia0814,0,102258.story" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2719711</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Baltimore Sun,&amp;nbsp;United States</name>
    </author>
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The benefit of military aid to such willing countries is that it creates &amp;quot;partners who will fight with us or for us,&amp;quot; Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/bal-georgia0814,0,102258.story"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Biodiesel plant set for grand opening</title>
    <link href="http://www.fstribune.com/story/1453105.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/commentary/2719709</id>
    <updated>2008-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Fort Scott Tribune,&amp;nbsp;KS</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
United States Rep. Isaac &amp;quot;Ike&amp;quot; Skelton, D-Missouri, is scheduled to give a presentation at 10:30 am the day of the event. Skelton, a  31-year Congressman, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fstribune.com/story/1453105.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress opposes Reagan plan to compensate Iranians</title>
    <link href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4380" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-09:/commentary/2719710</id>
    <updated>2008-08-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Canada Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
US Representative Ike Skelton, Democrat of Missouri President Reagan has announced that the United States would compensate the families of the 290 victims  ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4380"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hulshof looking to November</title>
    <link href="http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/NEWS06/808070380/1007/NEWS01" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-07:/commentary/2624952</id>
    <updated>2008-08-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>News-Leader.com,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Nixon was on the west side of the state, speaking at US Rep. Ike Skelton&amp;#39;s annual barbecue and bluegrass festival in Warrensburg and holding a lengthy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/NEWS06/808070380/1007/NEWS01"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mike Pound: Retired vet attends war college</title>
    <link href="http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_219222156.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/commentary/2624954</id>
    <updated>2008-08-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Joplin Globe,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
At the bottom of the letter was the name of someone who works in Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s office. The letter said to call the guy if Darrell had any ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_219222156.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Veterans again to mark momentous decision</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.net/news/x1542106078/Veterans-again-to-mark-momentous-decision" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-04:/commentary/2635731</id>
    <updated>2008-08-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Blue Springs Examiner,&amp;nbsp; USA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Fred Olivi, copilot of the plane that flew the atomic bomb to Nagasaki; and US Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.). Nicks says the group is mostly comprised of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.net/news/x1542106078/Veterans-again-to-mark-momentous-decision"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What a difference 15 years makes: activists</title>
    <link href="http://washblade.com/2008/8-1/news/national/13038.cfm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/commentary/2727686</id>
    <updated>2008-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Washington Blade</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Activists who participated in the 1993 congressional hearings on &#8220;Don&#8217;t
Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; and saw last week&#8217;s testimony on the policy, say they
noticed stark differences in rhetoric and tone between the two
hearings. 
Witnesses on both sides of th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://washblade.com/2008/8-1/news/national/13038.cfm"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The game of politics may not be tasteful, but it isn&amp;#39;t easy either</title>
    <link href="http://www.marshfieldmail.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2841&amp;amp;dept_id=603501&amp;amp;newsid=19877368&amp;amp;PAG=461&amp;amp;rfi=9" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2635732</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Marshfield Mail,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
John T. Russell, earned his favor, as well, but it was probably Rep. Ike Skelton in Dad&amp;#39;s later years who best embodied the virtues of his &amp;quot;Truman Democrat&amp;quot; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marshfieldmail.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2841&amp;dept_id=603501&amp;newsid=19877368&amp;PAG=461&amp;rfi=9"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>FLW, area leaders sign covenant</title>
    <link href="http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/news/x781535248/FLW-area-leaders-sign-covenant" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2635727</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Waynesville Daily Guide,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
By Photo by Darrell Todd Maurina US Rep. Ike Skelton speaks with Maj. Gen. Bill McCoy, Fort Leonard Wood&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s commander, and his wife Jill during Monday&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/news/x781535248/FLW-area-leaders-sign-covenant"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>CHAIRED BY: REP. IKE SKELTON (D-MO)</title>
    <link href="http://www.fednews.com/transcript.htm?id=20080730t1367" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2635726</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Federal News Service (subscription),&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... COLONEL MORRIS DAVIS, USAF, FORMER CHIEF PROSECUTOR, OFFICE OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS REP. SKELTON: (Gavel sounds.) The committee will come to order. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fednews.com/transcript.htm?id=20080730t1367"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Sheriff, commisioner races draw attention to Aug. 5 primary</title>
    <link href="http://www.zwire.com/site/tab2.cfm?newsid=19877397&amp;amp;BRD=2841&amp;amp;PAG=461&amp;amp;dept_id=603504&amp;amp;rfi=6" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2624957</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Republic Monitor,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Ike Skelton, longtime US Congressman from District 4, is unopposed in the Democratic primary, but three men are running in the Republican primary - Stanley ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/tab2.cfm?newsid=19877397&amp;BRD=2841&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=603504&amp;rfi=6"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>&amp;#39;Don&amp;#39;t ask, don&amp;#39;t tell&amp;#39; questioned</title>
    <link href="http://www.theplainsman.com/front/2008/jul-31/dont_ask_dont_tell_questioned" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2624956</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Auburn Plainsman,&amp;nbsp; USA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, supports the current policy of &#226;&#8364;&#339;don&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t ask, don&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t tell,&#226;&#8364;&#157; and is likely to ignore the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theplainsman.com/front/2008/jul-31/dont_ask_dont_tell_questioned"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What a difference 15 years makes</title>
    <link href="http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=20060" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/commentary/2624955</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sovo.com,&amp;nbsp;GA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Davis has talked about holding another hearing in the spring, he said. Lara Battles, spokesperson for Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), chair of the House Armed ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=20060"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama, McCain both reach out to veterans</title>
    <link href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/washington/story/8D6662E7F8D570E68625749600123C95?OpenDocument" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/commentary/2624953</id>
    <updated>2008-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>St. Louis Post-Dispatch,&amp;nbsp; United States</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, predicts Obama will get a fair hearing from veterans. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/washington/story/8D6662E7F8D570E68625749600123C95?OpenDocument"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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