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November 6, 2009

Washington, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Skelton (D- Mo.) spoke on the House floor today in support of H. Res. 895, honoring the lives of the brave soldiers and civilians who died or were wounded in the tragic attack yesterday at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.  Below are the Chairman’s remarks.


November 5, 2009

Washington, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) and Ranking Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) released the following joint statement regarding today’s shooting at Fort Hood:


November 5, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) and Ranking Member Rob Wittman (R-Va.) convened a hearing to examine how various options proposed for U.S. strategy in Afghanistan may affect and be affected by U.S. strategy in Iraq. The hearing was the second in a series to explore options for U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq.


November 2, 2009

Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the announcement that Afghan President Hamid Karzai would serve another five year term following the withdrawal of challenger Abdullah Abdullah from the presidential election:


October 28, 2009

Washington, DC – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) released the following statement on the enactment of H.R. 2647, the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act.  President Obama signed the bill into law today during a White House ceremony: 


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