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McClatchy: Commentary: America will lose when we win in Afghanistan
August 14, 2010An old military maxim states, "Amateurs think about strategy and professionals think about logistics." The U.S. Constitution clearly empowers Congress to be active in logistic questions of war. After the release of documents questioning current and past operations in Afghanistan, Congress faces a tough logistical question about the future — who will pay for the Afghan military once America leaves? That the answer is not the Afghans, nor America, nor our allies, which means that America will lose in Afghanistan even if the current training mission succeeds. Read More »
Miami Herald: America will lose when we win in Afghanistan
August 13, 2010Tommy's recent op-ed on the issues we face in Afghanistan was published in the Miami Herald. Read More »
POLITICO: Sowers: I voted for Proposition C
August 06, 2010Tommy Sowers, the Democratic nominee in Missouri's 8th Congressional District, is one of the estimated thousands of Democrats who voted in favor of a ballot initiative Tuesday that rejects a prominent provision in the federal health care overhaul. "I voted for Prop. C because I was never in favor of the individual mandate aspect of the health insurance reform," Sowers told POLITICO Friday. "Its constitutionality and frankly, the constitutionality of Prop. C, will be debated in the courts, but I think it will, and should be, in Congress, where this will be ultimately fixed." Read More »
Press release: Sowers Campaign Looks Forward to Debates
August 05, 2010Jonathan Feifs, Sowers for Congress Campaign Manager, released the following statement: “We are pleased that Jo Ann Emerson has finally accepted the invitation – an invitation we extended 50 days ago – to do a series of debates, and we look forward to the discussion." Read More »
Press release: Primary results demonstrate desire for new blood in Washington
August 04, 2010“Yesterday, incumbent Jo Ann Emerson defeated Bob Parker in the Republican Primary. I congratulate Emerson for her primary victory, but I’ll say this: more people voted against Jo Ann Emerson than voted for her last night, and that will be repeated on November 2nd... Read More »
New York Times: In Midterm Elections, Afghan War Barely Surfaces
July 29, 2010There are a few exceptions to the reticence of many candidates on Afghanistan. In Missouri, a former Green Beret and Iraq war veteran, Tommy Sowers, a Democrat running for Congress, has questioned why the United States is training thousands of Afghan security forces when the Afghan government cannot afford to pay their salaries. Read More »
FireDogLake: A better way to spend our resources than Afghanistan: An Interview with Tommy Sowers
July 23, 2010Tommy Sowers is the Democratic candidate for Missouri’s 8th district, currently being held by Republican Jo Ann Emerson. He’s a veteran who served in Kosovo and Iraq. Yesterday, he published a widely read op-ed in the Huffington Post entitled "Who Will Pay for the Afghan Military? The Question Congress Must Answer Now." Read More »
