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05.14.2009 3:51 pm

Bond hopeful about C-17’s future despite Senate’s funding gap

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Sen. Bond

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond said he is optimistic about the future of the C-17 line during a committee meeting this afternoon even though a Senate defense bill currently allocates no funding for the Boeing cargo planes.

The Senate Appropriations Committee met…

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01.05.2009 6:02 pm

Bond, Feinstein cool toward Panetta at CIA

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Does Leon Panetta know enough about intelligence to run the CIA?

Does Leon Panetta know enough about intelligence to run the CIA?

WASHINGTON — As ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Missouri Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond knows something about intelligence and national security.

Bond suggested that Leon Panetta is lacking in that category judging by his terse response…

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04.24.2008 12:24 pm

Political scrum surrounding ‘Motor Voter’

Today, a number of Democratic U.S. senators have asked the Department of Justice to take a long, hard look at states’ compliance with “Motor Voter” (officially known as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993).

That’s because while registering at the DMV is…

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