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Position:
Secretary - Defense
The secretary is the civilian head of the Defense Department, the largest department in the federal government and is responsible for overseeing the United States military. The secretary makes and executes national security policy and is responsible for keeping the U.S. military in peak shape. The secretary, along with the president?s national security adviser, is the key adviser to the president on matters of national security.
Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation
Nominee's Background:
Congressman from Ohio, former Mayor, man of deep convictions who would never send American Forces on missions of empire or to protect corporate assets, but only for legitimate defense.
Nominating Speech:
To research this nominee, please look for them on the
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Progressive Criteria:
The Defense Department will:
Recognize that as the most powerful country, the US must lead in international cooperation;
Instill and preserve a high level of compliance with all treaties such as the Geneva conventions;
Remember that the USA is a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Will not manage Defense as either a jobs or a corporate welfare program;
Work to restrain the international arms trade and reduce arms and nuclear proliferation;
In keeping with our desire for a world of law, will work to make sure that our armed forces get no preferential treatment such as immunity from the International Criminal Court or the land mines ban;
Strictly limit privatization and outsourcing of military duties.
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Comments so far:
July 21, 2006
Judy Stevens -
We need a Department of Peace to deal with foreign nations and stop our love of unending war for profit and Empire. It destroyed Russia and Rome. It is not good policy for any society.
Peace and prosperity.
September 10, 2005
Anonymous -
Dennis has an inner light that shines,
his smile lights up a room and he has
"been there"-- rising up from homelessness
and poverty to be the loving leader that
he is now.. this is a brave man who goes
where others fear to tread, small in stature
but a giant in character! This is the leader
we need, and we need his Dept of Peace (call in
on 9/14/05 to Congress to support the Dept of
Peace). please..
December 5, 2004
Shirley Howland -
Dennis Kucinich's "advocacy of a Department of Peace seeks not
only to make nonviolence an organizing principle in our society,
but to make war archaic. His is a powerful, ethical voice for nuclear
disarmament, preservation of the ABM treaty, banning weapons in
outer space, and a halt to the development of a 'Star Wars' - type
missile defense technology."
This advocacy, as written in his
description for the Secretary of Peace, http://
www.backbonecampaign.org/cabinet/nominee.cfm?ID=6, shows
that he has the knowledge and ability to bring Peace to this
world.
He would assert control over the Pentagon and its
insane policies. It will take a real fighter to cut back the Pentagon
and its many tentacles, but that's where Peace begins. Dennis
Kucinich is the man who can do it!
added link: Lake County Peace Action
October 29, 2004
Eric Angell -
If it is Dennis Kucinich, maybe, we will finally have an independent audit requirement at the DOD... imagine that.
October 22, 2004
Bill Moyer -
I think the nominee, unlike Donald Rumsfeld, should have some military backround. Certainly, Congressman Kucinich is extremly knowledgable in military budget matters, but wouldn't it be wise to have a nominee who is both familiar with military history, strategy, and culture?
October 18, 2004
Anonymous -
Add to the stated background credentials the fact that Dennis wants to cut the fat out of the DOD budget and use it for Peace, Education, Healthcare, etc.
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