Shifted focus from traditional family to national security
Large number of foot soldiers of faith voters were openly disgusted with what was perceived to be more a quest for political stature and significance than to boldly stand for the issue that gave the movement its justifications for existence.
As I listened to Gary Bauer say that he no longer was focused as much on the sanctity of life and traditional marriage as much as national security, it occurred to me that if a pro-family organizations was now focusing on the might of the military and
the role of the CIA in combating terrorism, then it was no longer a pro-family group but a national security group, just like dozens of others similarly focused. It would be like the NRA saying, "Well, we still care
about guns, but what we really want to focus on is global warming." When an organization can't even focus on its focus, it's hopelessly lost.
Bauer says the US should abandon, not simply renegotiate, the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia that forbids a national defense system. Bauer called for deployment of an anti-missile system to protect Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
Source: Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
, Sep 28, 1999
Fully fund all veteran’s benefits and health care
There are few matters of greater importance to this nation than taking care of those who have responded to aggression and preserved our peace and freedom. Our veterans deserve the first and greatest fruits of that freedom, especially the benefits and
health care that were promised to them. Allowing our nation’s commitment to falter and remain under-funded diminishes us all and, left unchecked, will weaken the republic.
Source: www.bauer2k.com/html/indepthissues.html 5/24/99
, May 24, 1999
Deploy SDI; upgrade hollow military
I support immediate deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system to defend the American people, as well as theater missile defense to protect our troops and our allies overseas. We must take immediate steps to upgrade a U.S. military that has been
hollowed out by Clinton-era cutbacks.
Source: www.bauer2k.com/html/indepthissues.html 5/24/99
, May 24, 1999
I’m in favor of expanding NATO. I don’t think there could be any question about that. I think we have to deny and defeat the isolationist voices that would have us withdrawal from the world scene. We need to take a look at the American defense posture
right now. The defense cuts of the last seven years are cutting too deep. If we want to be a force for good around the world, then we need to be making defense decisions now that will enable a future American president to be that force for good.
Source: Speech at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
, Apr 13, 1998
Build SDI - don’t leave our citizens defenseless
[We should] deploy the technology that we already have to defend US citizens from a missile attack from abroad. We have the technological capability to do that. At a time when world nations are getting their hands on missile technology and nuclear
technology, it is immoral to leave the American people defenseless from an ICBM fired at one of our major American cities.
Source: Speech at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
, Apr 13, 1998
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