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Senior administration officials reported to the New York Times today that budget projections for the war in Afghanistan will cost U.S. taxpayers at least $1 million per soldier, per year.

Missouri's Parents As Teachers Program focuses on education beginning at home. Photo illustration ST.

President Obama's looming decision on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan is primarily a military one, but it also has substantial budget implications that are adding pressure to limit the commitment, senior administration officials say.

A group primarily made up of insurance and health care providers asked Missouri's senior senator Friday morning about the proposed changes to health care and the effect reform would have on Missourians.

The U.S. Senate may approve as early as today a $45 billion plan to expand a tax credit for first- time homebuyers, extend jobless benefits and provide tax refunds to money-losing companies.

The Senate approved yet another plan to stimulate the economy. It's called, throwing $33 billion at homebuilders.

Groups from across the Show-Me State are set to discuss climate change Wednesday night in Washington.

Senator Kit Bond, R-Mo. and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, D-Mo. announced that the United States Congress approved more than $1.5 million in federal dollars to fund wastewater infrastructure improvements in the city of Lee's Summit.'My best ideas come from the people of Missouri, I listen to what their needs are back home and work for a ...

Depending on how you count it, there are somewhere between 15.1 million and 25 million people currently unemployed in the United States.

The U.S. Senate approved $2 million in funding to develop an improved manufacturing process for the use of advanced titanium metal in military vehicles, part of a $214 million appropriation package to be used in important defense projects.

Here's another example of the GOP holding up Obama nominations for ridiculous reasons : The nomination of one agency head continues to be held up in the Senate: Martha Johnson, tapped by the president in April to be head of the General Services Administration.

Senator Christopher Bond appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to talk about his book, "The Next Front." Sen.

There are a few things that the majority of us can agree on. Among those things: Rape is bad.

As the Obama administration debates whether to shift its aims in Afghanistan, officials at the Pentagon and the White House National Security Council have begun developing "middle path" strategies for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, according to current and former officials.

Brett Wiley, a field organizer for the Sierra Student Coalition, has been talking up the Missouri Power Shift Summit, encouraging young people to attend.

The growing pains for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis are about to go away.

Sen. Kit Bond tells Newsmax that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a "nightmare" for the whole world - and negotiating with the Islamic Republic will lead nowhere.

Missouri Senator Kit Bond spoke with reporters Friday afternoon to discuss the fallout from the Olympic decision.

The Senate is expected to approve a $625.8 billion defense budget by next Wednesday, setting the stage for a potentially confrontational conference with the House over ships, planes and funding for the war in Afghanistan.

The war in Afghanistan poses two important questions: What should be done and who should be "the deciders"? Congressional Republicans say the answer to the first query is military escalation.