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The Oklahoman - Bryan Dean

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole said Tuesday during his last town hall meeting of the summer that he was leaning toward voting against military action in Syria but wanted to hear what his constituents think.

The feedback he got was unequivocal — not one person at the meeting supported military intervention. Cole, R-Moore, listened for more than three hours to those who filled the Rose State College Professional Training Center, answering every person who had a question.

Red Dirt Report - Andrew W. Griffin

Wrapping up his congressional summer recess town hall blitz, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Moore) was in good company Tuesday evening at his Rose State College stop when he told the largely older and conservative crowd that he was a “lean ‘no’” on the issue of attacking Syria.

And this, despite the fact that the House leader, U.S. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he would support a strike.

For the Obama Administration, scandals have become a sad but common reality. Throughout the series of scandals surrounding Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS and Associated Press, the president’s behavior has become predictable and irresponsible. Scandal after scandal, the president has resorted to accusing others of wrongdoing, offering a late, empty apology or ignoring the situation entirely. For this president, taking responsibility for scandals or even acknowledging the presence of wrongdoing under his watch is rare indeed.

Ardmoreite - Jennifer Lindsey

Although they are too young to vote for him, Oak Hall Episcopal School students have deemed Rep. Tom Cole to be "cool."

The Republican Congressman from Moore visited the school Monday while in the area for a town hall meeting Monday night. After a tour of the building, he took questions from fifth- through eighth-graders. Cole also gave the school a United States flag that flew over the Capitol on Aug. 1.

"It's cool he took time out of his day to come talk to us," said sixth-grader Claire Panova.

With each day, there is something to report about our economic situation. Unfortunately, the news is rarely promising, and we are constantly reminded that we still hold more than $17 trillion in debt. While there are several drivers of our debt, the introduction and enforcement of federal regulations has become one of the costliest to taxpayers and job creators, slowing our economic recovery.