Skelton to prioritize Pentagon oversight

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - A student of military history, Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton (news, bio, voting record) recently pulled out his latest reading, a 1926 tome about the disastrous allied campaign at Gallipoli during World War I. The title: "The Perils of Amateur Strategy."

"This administration seems to be writing its sequel," Skelton says, shaking his head.

Poised to become the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee in January, the Missouri Democrat plans to devote top priority to tougher oversight of the Pentagon and the Bush administration's Iraq strategy.

Known as a conservative Democrat and one of Congress' most devoted supporters of the military, Skelton has become increasingly critical of the war and frustrated that no one in the Pentagon seems to be listening.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_go_co/skelton_profile

[UrbScotty]

1. Good for Ike and for Carl Levin (nt)

[Judi Lynn]

2. Hooray for Congressman Ike Skelton. He's highly respected in the Midwest.

Ike Skelton, in the middle, with Bill Clinton.

[annabanana]

3. "Amateur Strategy" indeed.

Devised by the ultimate ivory tower ideologues, devoid of real world experience and completely ignorant of human nature.