"Measured Expectations" House Armed Services Committee Chair Ike Skelton warned against comparing the president's decision to send more troops into Afghanistan to the infamous surge in Iraq. "I do not think such comparisons are wise or fair," Skelton said as part of his opening statement before [...] 
Congressional Quarterly reported today (subscription required) that Rep. Ike Skelton will play an important role in the Congressional debate on Afghanistan.
As President Obama seeks to sell his escalation of the Afghanistan War to a skeptical Congress, House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton will almost surely emerge as [...]
Sen. McCaskill
WASHINGTON — After praising President Barack Obama for his new war plan, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., returned Wednesday to her refrain — abuses in government contracting.
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense…
[...]In cased you missed it, here's what some local lawmakers had to say about President Obama's speech:
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee:
“This is parallel to what we did in Anbar Province in Iraq, working with the local folk much more, supplying resources to them. It worked.
Can [...]
TPMDC reports that Rep. Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Kit Bond, Ranking Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, are on the list of select Congressional leaders to meet with President Obama at the White House just before tonight's speech on Afghanistan.
After the meeting, [...]
IKE . . . TO THE RIGHT House Armed Services Committee chair Ike Skelton broke with the Obama administration on trying the men accused of plotting terrorist attacks in U.S. criminal courts. "As a former prosecutor, I am not yet convinced that the right decision was" [...] 
Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will be one of the guests on the CBS show Face the Nation Sunday morning. [...] 
