There were guns in my home when I was a kid. They weren't sealed in a safe; there were no trigger locks on them. I knew where they were at all times and I knew which drawers held the bullets, too.
Today's missile, rocket, and mortar threats to our armed forces deployed throughout the middle East are severe and growing.
Missile Defense defends and protects our nation, our deployed military forces and our allies against current and future proliferating missile threats from hostile countries and entities.
The United States Navy is the strongest proponent for the global missile defense mission amongst the branches of the U.S. military. Out of the Navy's core missions only the attack air strike and strategic nuclear capability does not involve missile defense.
The unspeakable happened at Virginia Tech University, on April 16, 2007, reminding us all that murder at school has "graduated" from the campuses of high school to the hallowed halls of university. Thirty-two students went to school to get educated and, instead, got executed
