U.S. Can’t Delay Fielding Missile Defense Systems
Trent Franks's House Member Office (R-AZ-02) posted a Op-Ed on May 16, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)What is it that causes Members of Congress to so often forget that the most critical imperative of the federal government is to provide for the common defense?
Reagan's SDI Vision Today
Trent Franks's House Member Office (R-AZ-02) posted a Op-Ed on March 21, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)March 23, 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's landmark speech at the zenith of the Cold War, in which he proposed what became known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, to protect the United States of America, her allies, and her vital interests from ballistic missile attack.
Democrat Leadership Must Stop Politicking with America’s National Security
Trent Franks's House Member Office (R-AZ-02) posted a Op-Ed on March 4, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)In August of last year, Congress passed the Protect America Act to close a dangerous loophole in our ability to collect intelligence on foreign-to-foreign electronic communications when they are routed through U.S. telecommunications infrastructure. This legislation updated the archaic 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) to ensure that a FISA court order would not be necessary where the target was a foreign terrorist in a foreign land— as opposed to when the target is being surveilled on American soil.
It's Time for Congress to Protect the First Amendment
Trent Franks's House Member Office (R-AZ-02) posted a Op-Ed on December 7, 2007 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)When the Federal Communications Commission began to lift the regulation of the Fairness Doctrine in 1985, broadcasters were freed to allow unregulated, vigorous discourse on controversial issues to flow on the public airwaves.
Ground-Based Interceptors Work
Trent Franks's House Member Office (R-AZ-02) posted a Op-Ed on October 15, 2007 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)For decades, people have derided even the theory of Ballistic Missile Defense. Never, they said, would we be able to hit a bullet with a bullet and shoot down a missile flying through space, carrying a nuclear weapon to destroy an American city. But there’s bad news for the naysayers: ground-based interceptors work. And if we deploy them, instead of delaying them, our children and grandchildren will not be defenseless against an attack by rogue nations or terrorists.
Bush Administration Subordinates U.S. Law
Trent Franks's House Member Office (R-AZ-02) posted a Op-Ed on October 15, 2007 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)George W. Bush is more than a president to me – he is a personal friend. I believe, however, that his advisers have done a grave disservice both to him and to the American people by crafting the administration's recently stated position before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Medellin v. Texas.
Successful Talks with Allies and a Challenge to Russia
Trent Franks's House Member Office (R-AZ-02) posted a Op-Ed on October 8, 2007 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
While meeting with these officials and later giving the keynote address at an international missile defense conference in Maastricht, I focused upon two important themes. One was the threat from a common enemy of the West and Europe and the cooperative defense that the interceptors and radar will provide. The other theme was the influence of Russia in these decisions.
