Past and present Senate candidates from Montana: on Homeland Security

Albert Olszewski: Champion a veterans' healthcare system

Albert Olszewski: Give our military the resources they need

Sam Rankin: Reduce our nuclear warhead stockpile & reduce F-35's

Military
• Reduce two front readiness to one and one half.
• Eliminate one leg of our nuclear deterrence.
• Reduce flag ranks dramatically w/ savings into Tricare.
• Reduce our nuclear war head stock pile to around 1500.
• De-commission the USS George Washington and its air wing.
• Reduce to 1400 F-35's and get rid of the F-35B (vertical take off)

Champ Edmunds: Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal

Edmunds: Strongly Agree

John Walsh: Worked to prohibit warrantless cell phone tracking

John Walsh: Cut wasteful spending in our military

Champ Edmunds: Allow easier driver licensing for military service members

Adding the designation is a two-step process. Veterans first must confirm their status with the Montana Veterans Affairs Division at any service office. Then, they can apply for a license or ID card from the Motor Vehicle Division by mail or in person at any driver exam station.

Last October, the Motor Vehicle Division provided another service to veterans by making it possible for a qualified military service member to apply for a commercial driver license (CDL) without skills testing. The implementing legislation was also passed this year and was sponsored by Representative Champ Edmunds.

John Walsh: OpEd: Walsh was fair about National Guard Association dues

Four different Montana Adjutants General held that position during my career in the Guard. Each one emphasized the importance of membership in the National Guard Association to one extent or another. In each case, certain Guardsmen expressed reluctance and even opposition to being a dues-paying member. I know of no one who experienced any unfair treatment or adverse consequences as a result of opting not to be a member of the National Guard Association. Those Guardsmen merely benefited from the association's advocacy on their behalf without having to contribute.

Treat the petty criticism just as the former governor did: toss it into the round file!

Jon Tester: Irresponsible to put two wars on credit card

Tester depicted Rehberg as an irresponsible spender during his 12 years in Congress. He described Rehberg as a politician who used a "credit card" to vote for a new federal prescription drug program and two wars, among other spending.

Conrad Burns: Patriot Act only affects your freedoms if you’re a terrorist

BURNS: Pres. Bush took an oath to protect this country. Let’s talk about the Patriot Act. You have not given up one freedom, not ONE freedom that you didn’t have before, unless you’re a terrorist, or a suspected terrorist, or affiliated with the Mafia, or affiliated with drug kingpins. If you repeal the Patriot Act, the wall goes back up between the FBI and the CIA and the DIA, Defense Intelligence, and they cannot connect the dots. And the Meth Control Act is within the Patriot Act. There are consequences; it is a tool to protect this country.

Jon Tester: Build forces to fight terror cells; not take away our rights

TESTER: It deals with the freedoms that so many people have fought and died for. If we want to get serious about the War on Terror, we need to make the investments to fight the war on terror. We ought not be taking rights away from honest citizens. If we’ve got terror cells around the world, then let’s invest in human intelligence. Let’s invest in our Special Forces. Let’s go after ‘em, and let’s be serious, and not get sidetracked by Iraq. Right now, we’re taking rights away from honest people. If they think you fall into their list, you’re a target. By the time they figure out there’s a terror cell, they can get a warrant. The Senator wants to let them have Carte Blanche. The government ought not be taking away our freedoms.

JONES: We’ve lost our Fourth Amendment rights; now there’s no protection to our privacy.

BURNS: The Patriot Act is a tool that is in place now for drug kingpins and organized crime.

Stan Jones: Patriot Act is terrorism of the worst kind

Under Patriot Act 1 & 2, if you are suspected of being an enemy combatant, you can be tried in secret by a military tribunal. You cannot see the evidence against you, have no right to a jury, and cannot appeal. The president also has authority to impose martial law and suspend habeas corpus, where you can be jailed for life without a trial and without a lawyer.

All of this is terrorism of the worst kind. We the people no longer have the protection of Bill of Rights. This is no longer the America I know. You cannot save America by destroying America. You cannot no longer rely on Democrats or Republicans to preserve your rights

Stan Jones: Nobody read the Patriot Act before it was corruptly passed

BURNS: Pres. Bush took an oath to protect this country. Let’s talk about the Patriot Act. You have not given up one freedom, not ONE freedom that you didn’t have before, unless you’re a terrorist, or a suspected terrorist, or affiliated with the Mafia, or affiliated with drug kingpins. If you repeal the Patriot Act, the wall goes back up between the FBI and the CIA and the DIA, Defense Intelligence, and they cannot connect the dots. And the Meth Control Act is within the Patriot Act. There are consequences; it is a tool to protect this country.