national security

In which we finish our discussion of the future of the Air Force's bomber fleet.

In which we move beyond the business of elections to the business of governance.

In which we consider a plan to kill the gasoline car.

Faye Fiore, Los Angeles Times

A majority disapprove of the president's handling of the war in Iraq and are more in line with the views of the general public.

Families with ties to the military, long a reliable source of support for wartime presidents, disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the war in Iraq, with a majority concluding the invasion was not worth it, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found.

Rising gas prices is not just a pocketbook issue. It’s also one of national security.

That’s why North Carolina Democrats joined with veterans last week to encourage Congress to adopt stronger fuel efficiency standards.

And you can join us by signing this petition.

Our military puts itself in harm’s way everyday while safeguarding our access to oil supplies in increasingly unstable regions. Our diplomatic leverage becomes compromised when the wealth we transfer to these regions in oil revenues is used to fund terrorism and support extremist ideologies.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

In which we discuss a better way to win friends and infulence people.

In which we gather the facts that describe the impact of the school lunch program.

this is the second diary in the school lunch series.

It has been a pattern in these discussions to begin with a proposition, and today is no exception.

Specifically, I propose that the current Administration, as well as others before it, have misunderstood what investments are needed to create real National Security for this country.

That war fought, and weapons used, don’t create the real security all Americans desire.