National Defense - When the Cold War ended, America should have contracted its military to match its defense needs. We maintain a huge fleet in the Atlantic, an ocean that borders only on friendly countries. That fleet makes no sense. Our military spending is half the world's total, and most of the rest is spent by our allies; that spending makes no sense. There should be massive cuts in defense spending. We should take seriously FDR's laws on military reserves: As an organizational issue, States should put their main emphasis on their State Defense Force, not on their National Guard, putting the same fine people where they can best protect America. The search for Mr. Bin Laden needs groups of specialists, not shoals of tanks and clouds of aircraft that muddy the waters.

Foreign Aid - End foreign aid.  The best foreign aid Americans can offer is when they buy goods produced in foreign lands.  That money, instead of being funneled into the coffers of corrupt dictators, actually goes to the people.

Osama Bin Laden - Most Americans believe that Osama Bin Laden was the real ringleader of the 9/11 air pirates, even though the Germans convicted someone else of masterminding the plot. We should capture Mr. Bin Laden and bring him to justice, giving him a fair trial in front of an impartial jury.