Quinn and Nixon listen to a briefing in Afghanistan

JEFFERSON CITY — Ending his silence, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that he has spent the last two days meeting with troops in Afghanistan and will return to Missouri on Wednesday evening.

Nixon…

Nixon walks with Brig. Gen. Gerald Lang at a base in Iraq

Gov. Jay Nixon and his Illinois counterpart joined three other governors who spent the weekend visiting military commanders and troops in Iraq and Kuwait.

Nixon announced his whereabouts in an unusual…

Sgt. Forrest

Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered flags in St. Louis County to be flown at half-staff this week to honor a soldier from Fenton who was killed in Iraq.

Sgt. Edward Forrest Jr., 25, was one of five soldiers killed April 10…

Wynn

Six weeks after winning re-election, St. Charles County Councilman Paul Wynn announced Wednesday he’s accepted a new job with a military contractor requiring him to be in Iraq for up to a year.

That means the O’Fallon Republican will miss council meetings…

Carnahan

As Sen. Hillary Clinton continues her won’t she-will she dance surrounding a cabinet post in the Barack Obama administration, St. Louis Congressman Russ Carnahan says he likes the move.

Speaking to Politico this week, Carnahan praised the former First Lady’s potential ascension to Secretary…

President-elect Barack Obama officially resigned his senate seat this weekend as he prepares to move into the White House.

On Sunday, he released an open letter to the people of Illinois, where — four years ago at this time — he…

About a dozen activists camped out at the intersection of Ladue and Woods Mill Roads, a few hundred yards from Hunter Farms where Sen. John McCain was holding a private fundraiser.

While my colleague Jo Mannies was inside the event, I…

A questioner wants to know what the president’s biggest domestic challenge is.

“The biggest domestic challenge is to protect america from attack. My job is to do everything i can to rally forces to protect you.”

“I never thought I’d be a war…

Sen. Hillary Clinton says she will begin to withdraw troops within 60 days of taking office, no matter what.

Asked her whether she thinks she knows better than the commanders in Iraq, who say the troops need to stay, she responsed:…

While the rest of us political junkies spend Tax Return Day contemplating who will report what in their campaign-donation reports also due today, some of opponents of the Iraq War plan to spend lunch time downtown conducting what they call a “penny…