Agenda For America, by Haley Barbour: on Homeland Security

Bill Clinton: OpEd: Counterproliferation failed; Iran got nuke from Russia

The Clinton administration developed a scheme to dismantle COCOM and replace it, in 1994, with a new counterproliferation regime. Although the administration has criticized COCOM as being "based on Cold War principles", there is serious question, with existing US leadership, whether any effective control regime will ever emerge. Indeed, Moscow's sale of nuclear reactors to Iran shows exactly how meaningless the new system is.

Haley Barbour: The US must secure peace through strength and dominance

US foreign policy must rest on three principles of peace through strength.
• Political leadership: The US must be prepared to act on its own when our national interests so require.
• Economic strength: The US must continue to improve its own competitiveness.
• Military power: The US must provide the resources necessary to protect its territory and interests.

Haley Barbour: Adequate resources for readiness, as well as needed hardware

The "hollow military" of the 1970s is increasingly evident in our current force structure. After the enormous efforts by the Reagan and Bush administrations to rectify the neglect of a previous antimilitary Democrat administration, we once more observe a downward spiral in the capabilities of our forces.

Haley Barbour: Need missile defense against blackmail and terrorism

Effective defenses are urgently needed to counter the ballistic and cruise missiles' potential for blackmail, terror, disruption, and destruction.

Thanks to Reagan-Bush investments in Strategic Defense Initiative, technology is ready and deployment can begin within the next 3 years. But the policies, plans, and programs of the Clinton administration are an obstacle to this objective and must be changed.