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The F-22's construction makes it far faster and more maneuverable than the fighters before it, and it had stealth.

Deborah Bartunek of Rapid City has been promoted and will serve as the first female general officer for the South Dakota National Guard.

The dependability of alliances is what the U.S. requires to combatterrorist threats, and will be key to a successful strategy inIraq. Unswerving alliance support also will provide justificationfor the effort in Iraq in answer to charges of unilateralist U.S.foreign policy.

In our homeland defense planning process we must come together inorder to anticipate the operational and tactical requirements ableto be met by all agencies, so that we fuse that national competencyinto a well-prepared plan oriented toward each one of the 15national planning scenarios.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has repeatedly adapted to meet a range of national security concerns. First created to confront the growing Soviet bomber threat, NORAD’s mission has been expanded to provide aerospace and maritime warning for North America. However, U.S. and Canadian security interests do not end at the U.S.–Mexico border. To enable NORAD to better fulfill its mission, the United States and Canada should invite Mexico to join NORAD. Mexican participation would greatly enhance NORAD’s aerial and maritime surveillance capabilities in North America and h...