National Defence

Key Speeches

2007

• 01-23-07; Excerpts from Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks at the Seventh Annual Herzliya Conference

2005

• 09-07-2005; Homeland Security: Status of Federal, State, and Local Efforts

2006

• 09-05-2006; ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD, Declines to provide escort, or offer state support for trip
• During Khatami’s presidency, Iran refused to hand over the Iranian intelligence officials who were responsible for the attack on the Khobar Towers that killed 19 U.S. military personnel.

2004

• 05-24-2004; Grading Progress on Homeland Security: Before and After 9/11
• 05-04-2004; Lessons Learned from Security at Past Olympic Games

2003

• 05-15-2003; INVESTING IN HOMELAND SECURITY: CHALLENGES FACING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
• 06-17-2003; “First Responders: How States, Localities and the Federal Government Can Strengthen Their Partnership to Make America Safer”

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on National Defence

2004

• “A key part of our homeland security efforts rests on the state’s ability to collect and analyze information on potential threats,” said Romney. “By putting more money into intelligence gathering, we’ll give the State Police the tools they need to be more effective.”
  • Governor Mitt Romney, 01-29-2004 Press Release

• "The threat of modern terrorism poses new challenges for law enforcement across Massachusetts and around the nation," said Romney. "These new homeland security funds will allow Bay State communities to work as a coordinated force to collect, analyze and distribute critical terrorism related intelligence and act when necessary."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, 03-09-2004 Press Release

2005

• "The president is right to point to an international jihadist movement aimed at the collapse of the United States. He has gone after that threat in the right way and with great energy and vigor, and I applaud the fact that he has taken it on very seriously and has not considered it just a criminal action but instead a war action, which requires a military . . . response."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, Interview with James Taranto (December 2005)

National Defence Press Releases from Governor Mitt Romney

2004

• 01-29-2004, ROMNEY'S BUDGET PUMPS UP ANTI-TERRORISM FUNDING
• 03-09-2004, ROMNEY ANNOUNCES $45 MILLION TO FIGHT TERRORISM

http://del.icio.us/myclob/terrorism

Sub Catigories

1. Peace Through Strength
2. Terror
3. Terrorism
4. War
5. War On Terror