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Obama made a speech in June. His statements I would like further explained. He talks about 10 of billions in cuts in wasteful spending. Where are those cuts coming from? Second he states he will cut investments in unproven missle defense systems. Third he states he will NOT weaponize space. Is Obama against NASA projects? Further explain these cuts More

Asked 1 day 19 hours ago of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
by Hopeful from Buffalo, NY

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Obama made a speech in June. His statements I would like further explained. He talks about 10 of billions in cuts in wasteful spending. Where are those cuts coming from? Second he states he will cut investments in unproven missle defense systems. Third he states he will NOT weaponize space. Is Obama against NASA projects? Further explain these cuts More

Asked 1 day 19 hours ago of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
by Hopeful from Buffalo, NY

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Before his execution, Saddam Hussein was doing a lot of writing. What ever became of those manuscripts? When will the translated text be provided to the American people?
Asked by: Kurt Christensen from Westminster, MD. Received 9 Votes.
Categories: Civil Liberties · Defense · Foreign Policy · Iraq · President Bush. Tags: conspicuous in absence.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)

That's a great question. I don't know the answer but I'd like to find out myself. That's a great question. The thing is he may have just been spewing poison and bitterness but it would be interesting to know what he had to say. If he had any remorse for all the people that had been killed and raped and maimed and tortured on his watch. But that would be a good question and I'll try to find that out. That's a good question.

Answered on Aug 6th, 2008 More
Given our financial problems - deficit, trade-balance, currency-parity, human needs, infrastructure, etc. Do you agree we should drastically cut our military spending? If not, how would you meet our needs?
Asked by: gary knott from Silver Spring, MD. Received 1 Vote.
Categories: Defense. Tags: use of our money.

Listen to: U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)

Well, to begin with the military spending as a percentage of the federal budget is less than it used to be. The biggest part of the federal spending is entitlement spending, that’s 60 percent and military spending represents about 15 percent. So I would think their question should have been: “Should we cut domestic spending in non-military accounts?” Since the first obligation of a federal government is to defend the country.

Matt Laslo: But it seems like everyone is afraid of entitlements – do you see any political will…?

Answered on Jun 24th, 2008 More
Currently there is a lot of discussion on both immigration and military strength. Rather than focus on building walls, why aren't we building recruiting stations on the border with Mexico? It seems like an obvious solution, if a family wants to come to this country then at least one member that family joins a US military branch.
Asked by: Gabriel Whalen from Fort Belvoir, VA. Received 1 Vote.
Categories: Defense · Immigration.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX)

Well, which is really interesting, because you already have many non-citizens serving today. I believe the first soldier who died in Iraq was a non-citizen, someone that illegally immigrated to California, he was an orphan and then joined the Marines and died. I know that we have non-citizens from San Antonio that have died, because actually their funerals took place in Mexico. So you already have that going on to be honest with you. But, no, I don’t think that’s going to be one of these solutions- that if you want to come over here, you join our armed services.

Answered on May 8th, 2008 More
How important is passing an appropriations bill for the operation in Iraq?
Asked by: districtline from Washington, DC. Received 12 Votes.
Categories: Defense · Foreign Policy · Regulation · Taxes · Terrorism. Tags: bill · iraq · legislation.

Listen to: U.S. Sen. John W. Warner (R-VA)

We desperately need to get funding to the military such that they don’t lose a step. Because they are succeeding in the goals laid down militarily, not politically, but that’s not their responsibility. – excuse me let me finish. So we don’t want them to lose a step, but clearly the future course of this operation in Iraq we have to revisit where the political structure is or is not.

Answered on Jan 24th, 2008 More
Why is the gun lobby so powerful in this country?
Asked by: Career Journalist from Washington, DC. Received 15 Votes.
Categories: Defense · Homeland Security · Terrorism. Tags: gun lobby · lobby · NRA.

Listen to: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

I think most, a lot of elected officials are just simply afraid of the gun lobby. They've tried it before and nothing ever happens. I think they've given up. They've given up that we're ever going to have any meaningful firearms control at all in our country. They've just given up on it.

Answered on Jan 10th, 2008 More
Are we doing enough to look after new immigrants to this country?
Asked by: techopman from Washington, DC. Received 10 Votes.
Categories: Defense · Homeland Security · Immigration · Terrorism. Tags: immigrants · immigration · work visas.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)

We are not assimilating people who are coming here- even legal aliens- they are not assimilating into the culture, certainly illegals. We are not encouraging assimilation. We are dividing ourselves up. We are becoming a linguistic, a political, a cultural Tower of Babel.

Answered on Dec 17th, 2007 More