The False Choice: START II or National Missile Defense
The False Choice: START II or National Missile Defense
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The False Choice: START II or National Missile Defense
EM442: Keeping Faith With the Troops: Why ClintonShould Sign the DOD Bill
Taken together, actions by President Bush and President Putin atthe Crawford meeting to set aside the ABM Treaty and move towardsignificantly smaller nuclear forces will form the foundation of anew strategic framework. This framework should allow both theUnited States and Russia to better address the new securityrequirements of the post-Cold War world, including the fightagainst terrorism.
In March 9 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee,Lieutenant General Henry A. Obering, the Director of the MissileDefense Agency, stated that his agency made history in 2004 byestablishing a "limited defensive capability" for protecting theUnited States against ballistic missile attack. Congress, as itundertakes the task of drafting the fiscal year (FY) 2007 DefenseAuthorization bill, must recognize that this defense is very thinand needs to be strengthened. It can do so by making severalsignificant changes in the missile defense budget, such as addingfunds to accelerat...
It's an age-old question in representative democracies: Should leaders vote for what their constituents want or for what they think is right?