Unfortunately Frank

BELLEW FOR CONGRESS

NORTH KOREA’S TESTING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR AN EFFICIENT NATIONAL DEFENSE SYSTEM
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“After the very public testing of nuclear weapons by North Korea, there are few of us who don’t share great concern over our safety from foreign missiles,� said Leigh-Ann Bellew, while talking to constituents who voiced their fears.

“We are living under the threat North Korea and other rogue states such as Iran, and even threats from non-states, and I believe the United States must be prepared to defend itself against any missile strike through the development and improvement of an anti-missile defense,� she said.

She believes the immediate and strong sanctions being called for by the United States, Japan and other countries against North Korea are an important high priority, but do not guarantee that they will stop future tests, nor rein in other rogue nations.

“Consider this,� says Bellew, “North Korea’s nuclear program began in 1952 and although they signed the Agreed Framework treaty with the United States in 1994, they defiantly continued developing nuclear facilities. It is, therefore, difficult to believe they will just abandon them now.�

Unfortunately Frank Pallone’s voting record indicates he is not only anti-defense, but plays partisan politics with the defense issue. She believes his yea vote for this year’s defense budget (FY2007), was politically motivated because his past records shows otherwise.

As far back as 1996 he voted against the defense authorization bill that among other things gave a 3% pay raise for our military personnel. In 2002 he voted to block funding of missile defense programs and more recently voted to cut National Missile Defense by almost 50%. In the last two Congresses, he didn’t sponsor one bill that addressed the safety of those living in the 6th District. He even opposed the 2006 Defense Budget because, according to his press release, it contained a provision to permit leasing of land in ANWR with the potential of future oil drilling. Obviously, Mr. Pallone is more concerned with the possible need to protect the caribou than with the very real need to protect his own constituents.

“The cost of partisan politics may be more than Americans can afford,� Bellew tells her constituents. “When we have politicians who don’t put national defense on the top of their list of priorities, we have a weak spot.�

She believes that the citizens in the 6th District need a representative that will support a pro-defense agenda to protect Americans at home, support Americans fighting abroad and keep Americans working to root out terrorists organizations armed with the necessary tools to do their job. As a Congresswoman, she will work to deliver all three.