10.29.2009 11:10 am

Jay Nixon to tap Kansan for top Missouri jobs post

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

UPDATED: Nixon just made the announcement. He said Kerr, 56, will start work Nov. 9. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Missouri Senate.

Kerr

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s new economic development director will be David Kerr, secretary of the…

Tags: AT&T, David Kerr, economic development, Jay Nixon, Kansas, LInda Martinez, Tim Logan, Virginia Young

08.10.2009 4:35 pm

Missouri’s Ike: No Guantanamo prisoners to Leavenworth

By Bill Lambrecht

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

Ike Skelton

WASHINGTON — If the Obama administration hopes to extricate itself from its Guantanamo pickle, congressional Democrats will need to bring it strong on the president’s behalf.

Don’t count powerful Rep. Ike Skelton as a combatant for the administration on this episode.

The White House recently floated a…

Tags: Army's Command and General Staff College, congressional Democrats, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Fort Leavenworth, Guantanamo, House Armed Services Committee, Kansas, Rep. Ike Skelton, Sen. Pat Roberts, Sen. Sam Brownback, U.S. Disiplinary Barracks

Jay Nixon to tap Kansan for top Missouri jobs post

Missouri’s Ike: No Guantanamo prisoners to Leavenworth

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