In dealing with the nation's homeland security needs, firstresponse continues to be important, but detection and protectionalso must be emphasized a great deal more. The biggest problem isbuilding all of the bridges and relationships across all of thedisciplines that are needed for a truly coordinated communityresponse in a geographical area larger than just a city.
The current leadership in Washington has passed measures that willadd almost $4 trillion to the national debt in the short term andthen over $3 trillion over the next 10 years. None of that moneywas spent on increasing the defense modernization budget. We cannotallow the economic crisis to conceal the threats to our securityfrom those who would set back the cause of freedom.