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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    

Sen. Henry Waxman Rate this Nominee   Current Rating: click to rate
Nominee's Background:
Outspoken, honest critic of corporate/defense/political corruption. Dedicated to truth in government. Many years of service in the Senate.

Nominating Speech:

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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.

Comments so far:
March 1, 2006 Mark Anderson - Although I support the CONCEPT of this website....that America needs and DESERVES a cabinet with backbone (as well as representatives of the states and people who have honor, integrity, and a sense of duty)....I was corrected by a colleague regarding a minor detail that severely impacts the credibility of this website. The "Honorable" Henry Waxman is NOT a SENATOR.....he is California's Congressional REPRESENTATIVE of the 30th District. Make sure you get your details right if you want to be taken seriously.

February 28, 2006 Mark Anderson - This website's credibility is indelibly tainted when it bio's Sen. Waxman as "honest" and "dedicated to truth in government". If anyone is to call Sen. Waxman "honorable" & "esteemed", then they should also add "misinformed", "misguided", and "politically manipulative". His misportrayal of KBR employees as a whole is unfair and disgusting. If Sen. Waxman knows the truth behind what he says about KBR, he is a proven LIAR. If he is just acting like a 5-year-old child and "pointing at the company that Dick Cheney USED TO lead", then he is proven to be only but a political mouthpiece & puppet. I believe that history will prove him to be all those things.

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