Blog Entries tagged 'Strong National Defense'

Thanks To US soldiers For Securing Iraq

orrinhatchforsenate+hatch@gmail.com — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune. -Staff

This evening, President Obama will address the nation to discuss "ending the combat mission" in Iraq. Getting to this critical point has been difficult. Many Americans and innocent Iraqis paid the ultimate price. But there's no doubt we've gotten here, because of our brave soldiers.

Without them, we would have failed long ago. Because of them, Iraq is on a more stable and secure path free of the bru [...]

Lessons Unlearned

orrinhatchforsenate+hatch@gmail.com — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in the New York Post. -Staff

The trial of the century will take place when Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and his cohorts stand trial in New York City. Yet Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to treat them as ordinary criminals -- rather than as terrorists captured during wartime -- ignores the lessons of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui.

The federal government is certainly capable of detaining terro [...]

Keep Enemy Combatants Out Of The US

orrinhatchforsenate+hatch@gmail.com — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune. -Staff

President Barack Obama has decided the federal government should purchase an Illinois state prison and use it to house Guantanamo detainees. After unsuccessfully lobbying the International Olympic Committee to bring the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago, he has decided to bring captured enemy combatants to Illinois instead. This has to be worst consolation prize in human history.

I am concerned that thi [...]

Misinformation Spread About F-22

orrinhatchforsenate+hatch@gmail.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed with Senator Jim Inhofe in the Deseret News. -Staff

It has been said the first casualty in war is the truth. Unfortunately, in the modern political arena we must now expand this maxim to include the defense procurement process. A prime example is the misinformation being disseminated about the F-22A Raptor. If one bases his or her opinion of the F-22 on these inaccurate assertions, it would be natural to conclude the Raptor is the [...]

Don't Close Detention Camp

orrinhatchforsenate+hatch@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in the Miami Herald. -Staff

Since January, the Obama administration's decision to close the Guantánamo Bay Detention Center was heralded with fanfare; however, there were few details on how they actually planned to do so by January 2010. Recently -- like the Titanic hitting an iceberg -- the unsinkable presidency hit its first obstacle.

Congressional Democrats wisely realized that requesting $80 million to close Guantá [...]

Bringing Enemy Combatants To U.S. Is Ridiculous

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch says bringing enemy combatants to the U.S. is ridiculous. From Desert News:

Hatch Says Gitmo Should Keep Detainees

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says it is "ridiculous" that President Barack Obama has ordered closure within a year of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, and it may attract terrorist attacks if he sends the enemy combatants now held there to the mainland United States.

"Bringing these detainees to the continental United [...]

My Priorities

orrinhatchforsenate+hatch@gmail.com — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

My priorities as Senator are to:

Give taxpayers back more of what they earn

Work for a country in which children can be safe, healthy, and well-educated

Defend Constitutional rights

Cut down the size of a bloated government bureaucracy

Empower the military with the tools to fight terror and tyranny

Embody the time-honored principles of integrity, honesty and candor