[Peace-discuss] Fwd: NTRC's Priority for the 2003 State of the Union Address

[Jay Mittenthal]

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>Subject: NTRC's Priority for the 2003 State of the Union Address
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>NTRC's Priority for the 2003 State of the Union Address
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>When President Bush delivers the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, 
>January 28, it is almost certain that he will focus much of his address on 
>Iraq and North Korea, and the threats they pose to our national security. 
>However, NTRC remains hopeful that the President will also acknowledge 
>that our first line of defense in homeland security must be making sure 
>that the world's most dangerous people do not acquire the world's most 
>dangerous materials -- nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
>
>Less than two months after September 11, while standing with Russian 
>President Putin at the White House, President Bush declared: "Our highest 
>priority is to keep terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass 
>destruction." Yet over the past two years, the only significant funding 
>increases for programs to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the 
>hands of terrorists have come as a result of Congressional action.
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>On December 3, 2002, 
><http://justice.policy.net/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=32681&PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfcbcec7cbcecac5cecfcfcfc5cececfc9c9cbcbcdcec6c5ce>NTRC 
>wrote to President Bush urging him to increase the budget for programs to 
>keep nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons out of terrorists' hands. 
>As we said in that letter, "For less than one percent of what we already 
>spend on national defense, our country can help eliminate the threat of 
>weapons of mass destruction."
>
>The upcoming State of the Union Address is the perfect opportunity for the 
>President to make it clear that his policies match our nation's "highest 
>priority": thwarting catastrophic terrorism by accelerating programs to 
>help countries like Russia account for, secure and reduce their weapons of 
>mass destruction.
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>Regardless of how the Iraqi and North Korean crises unfold, America must 
>contend with far-flung, dangerous and possibly worsening problems of 
>terrorism. Unless we commit the resources necessary to make sure that the 
>world's most dangerous people do not acquire the world's most dangerous 
>weapons and the materials used to make them, all other aspects of our 
>homeland security will be unlikely to help us avoid a catastrophe.
>    * To learn more about the need to prevent the spread of weapons and 
> materials of mass destruction, you can read this testimony by NTRC Senior 
> Advisor Ambassador Karl F. ("Rick") Inderfurth:
>
>    * 
> <http://justice.policy.net/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=31807&PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfcbcec7cbcecac5cecfcfcfc5cececfc9c9cbcbcdcec6c5ce>http://justice.policy.net/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=31807
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>    * If you'd like to send FREE FAX to President Bush to urge him to 
> increase funding for programs that account for, secure and eliminate 
> existing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, please visit:
>
>    * 
> <http://nuclearthreatreduction.org/grassroots/>http://nuclearthreatreduction.org/grassroots/ 
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>Please pass this information on to others interested in accounting for, 
>securing and reducing weapons of mass destruction!
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