In this 2009 photo, former Senator Jake Garn and activist Deb Sawyer talking about the Global Zero summit in Paris.
Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
A recent letter ("CTBT needs enforcement," Oct. 6) characterizing Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty supporters as having a "serious naivete" makes for flashy rhetoric but rings hollow when applied to actual supporters of the treaty.
Vocal supporters of the CTBT include former Sen. Jake Garn; Generals Brent Scowcroft and Colin Powell; Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, to name only a few. Far from naive starry-eyed idealists, these individuals have dedicated their lives to protecting the United States from security threats since the Cold War.
They now support the CTBT because they understand it to be a critical step towards boosting national security and continuing their work of protecting our nation's interests.
Sarah Tice
Salt Lake City
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Finally some sanity in this discussion which has been dominated by bomb shelter living repubs who demand that money keep being wasted away on outrageous defense spending and nuke testing.
I just wonder if they would have a different More..
CTBT is dead at the hands of the Know-Nothing GOP Congress. Save your breath, Jake. You opened the door to them.
@Real Maverick and @Irony Guy,
Quit trying to politicize something that is NOT a political issue and take you political rhetoric and stuff it into you back pockets.
I am a life-long conservative Republican who fully endorses More..