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Volume VII, Issue # 81, April 10, 2005
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A STRONG MILITARY DEFENSE & A SECURE HOMELAND
By Frank Lucas

DEFENDING AMERICA AGAINST THE ISLAMIST JIHAD, BOTH AT HOME & ABROAD:  TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE TERRORISTS, DEFEATING & DESTROYING DESPOTIC, TERRORIST-SUPPORTING & TERRORIST-HARBORING POLITICAL REGIMES, BRINGING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY TO THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST, & PROTECTING THE AMERICAN HOMELAND -- CONGRESSIONAL FISCAL & LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE TASKS AT HAND
FULL STORY:   Since the Islamist terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, all Americans have come to realize just how vulnerable we are. And watching the performance of our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, superb though it was, has reminded us that freedom is not free.

That is why I am proud to be part of a Congress that has given such strong support to our troops and first responders, both at home and abroad. Of course, you know about President George W. Bush's plan to take the fight to the terrorists and the foreign political regimes that aid and abet the terrorists. Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom have done just that. One by one, the swamps are being drained and the safe harbors are being denied.

But taking the fight to the terrorists is only half the goal. The other half of the goal is bringing stable constitutional democracy to a part of the world that has known only dictatorship and tyranny. Afghanistan now has a democratic constitution, and Iraq has had its first first free. Part of fighting terrorism is eliminating the conditions -- despotism and oppression -- that allow terrorism to flourish.

To equip our troops to do this job, we have increased the defense budget by over 20% since President Bush took office, and raised military salaries by 25%.

However, the fight abroad is only half the job. Protecting the American homeland means safeguarding the everyday security of each American. And I believe that the record speaks for itself. In the U.S.A., there has not been one successful act of terrorism since 9/11.

All the credit for this goes to our law enforcement officers, on the federal level as well as on the state and local levels. The FBI and the CIA have been working around the clock to identify and neutralize terrorist plotters. The National Guard has been called up to protect our vital military and infrastructure assets here at home, as well as to fight abroad. And our local law enforcement officers have logged countless hours of overtime as they have increased their level of vigilance.

To help them in this task, Congress has allocated billions of dollars in grants for first responders, homeland security training, and increased research, research like Project BioShield, which is studying ways to protect us from biological weapons attacks.

To make this process more efficient, we created the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a reorganization which constitutes the biggest realignment of the national governmental agencies since World War II -- a reorganization streamlining and bringing together all the various agencies that work together to keep us safe.


LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
U.S. Fiscal Policy -- National Defense

Military Defense & National Security

Military Weaponry & International Security

Islamism & Jihadism -- The Threat of Radical Islam
Page Three    Page Two    Page One

War & Peace in the Real World
   Page Two    Page One

Islamist Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.A.

Terrorism & American Homeland Security

Osama bin Laden & the Islamist Declaration of War
Against the U.S.A. & Western Civilization

Islamist International Terrorism &
U.S. Intelligence Agencies

U.S. National Security Strategy



Frank Lucas is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, elected from and representing the Third Congressional District of Oklahoma.




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