Stephen Laffey on Homeland Security

Republican Senate Challenger

We need to expand weapons programs

I don't see large programs that need to be cut when it comes to the military defense. The first thing we do was protect life & liberty &happiness in the country. So I think we need to expand weapons programs. Our antiballistic missile program is lagging. We have some aged missiles sitting on some cruisers off the coast of North Korea but that's not what we should have been doing for the last 25 years. We should?ve been building up the ability to take out rockets that come out even in the blue stage. Source: 2006 R.I. Republican Senate Primary debate on WPRI Aug 24, 2006

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