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Positions and Views on Other Issues where Information is Available: |
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| Military & Defense |
Positions and Views |
| Military, a General Statement |
Lott: No Response |
| Defense and Military Budget |
Lott: No Response |
| Military Policy |
Lott: No Response |
| Department of Defense and Pentagon |
Lott: No Response |
| Military Adequacy |
Lott: No Response |
| Military Industrial Establishment |
Lott: No Response |
| Cluster Bombs |
Lott: No Response |
| Reducing Military Costs |
Lott: No Response |
| Re-instituting the Draft |
Lott: No Response |
| Military Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC Commission) |
Lott: If U.S. military bases are to be closed, jobs lost, and lives changed, which communities should feel the heat first - those in an increasingly unsupportive Western Europe, or in patriotic, taxpaying towns in Mississippi? Well, I’m more worried about the plight of folks in Heidelberg, Mississippi than Heidelberg, Germany. The well being of America’s taxpayers, our domestic economy and homeland security should take precedent. Most domestic military bases should remain open and ready. Base closure isn’t partisan, but it’s political. The question is where and how do we want the politics to play out - in Congress, where people in Mississippi and other affected states can take part in the process via their elected officials, or before an exclusive, closed and unelected commission called the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC). Do we want local communities hiring more high-dollar, taxpayer-funded lobbyists to influence the BRAC? Or would we prefer our Congress to make the tough closure decisions free of charge. Here, too, the answers are clear. Base closure is not really an initiative for high-rent lobbyists and fleeting commissions to perform. Congress and the people we represent should participate in the debate and carry out the hard work of base closure. This is consistent with America’s tradition of open, representative government, civilian control of the military and taxpayer accountability. It’s the way base closure was done for more than 200 years before BRAC, and you’ll see Mississippi’s delegation challenge BRAC at every turn this year and next. To date, we’ve got a perfect record. Mississippi’s bases have remained open through three BRAC rounds during the 1990s, and we don’t plan to start losing in 2005 when another BRAC round is scheduled. However, even if BRAC does move forward as scheduled, Mississippi’s military installations are well positioned to fend off closure. Since the last BRAC round in 1995, Mississippi’s delegation has secured billions fo [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website Date: 10/07/2006 |
| Reservists and National Guard |
Lott: No Response |
| Military Families |
Lott: No Response |
| Military Pay, Medical Care and Benefits |
Lott: No Response |
| National Guard / Reserve Pay, Medical Care and Benefits |
Lott: No Response |
| Gays in the Military |
Lott: No Response |
| Defense, a General Statement |
Lott: No Response |
| Missile Defense System, "Star Wars" |
Lott: No Response |
| Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty |
Lott: No Response |
| Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) |
Lott: No Response |