Senator Jon Martin of Virginia
My name is Jon Martin and I’m currently the senior Senator from The Commonwealth of Virginia and the first African American Senator from the south since Reconstruction. I graduated with a bachelors degree in political science and later got my law degree at Harvard Law. I practiced law in the state of Virginia for over ten years, until I ran for the Senate and unseated the six term Republican senator in a major upset. Running as a conservative Democratic I’m in my third term and in 2002 I was elected Senate majority leader. I’m pro-choice, pro-death penalty, anti-immigration and oppose gay marriage. In both the Bosnian and Iraq war I’ve voted for use of force. However, the Korean conflict in my opinion must be settle at the bargaining table not the battlefield. I look forward to working with the President and Secretaries of State and Defense in finding a solution that will have the best outcome for the country and the world.
Comments
Mr. Martin,
Bill O'Reilly said you actually do represent me as a Senator of the U.S. Your vote affects my life as much as my own Senator, and that's why all those Northern states need to go the way of Ohio circa 2004. So I thank you for contacting me, although I wonder how it is you got my information -- must be some liberal agenda to destroy people's privacy, huh? As I told my own Senator from Texas, I don't know if I could handle sending my eldest off to war. As a mother, my kids mean the world to me. So if you could get this situation squared away in the next eight years that would be great. Enough of these negotiations (as a Republican Senator from Minnesota said, "you can't negotiate with people who want to kill you," wonder how he lost in the election?), we need forceful action now. Thank you, and good night.
Candy Crawford
Posted by: Candy Crawford | November 16, 2006 08:39 PM
Senator Jon Martin, being the majority leader for the Senate, you have a great deal of power and persuasion. It has come to the attention of the citizens of North Korea and the United States that war is at our feet and is up to the decision regarding a marginal offensive threat by Chairman Il. His response is unknown therefore we must be prepared to respond to a possible attack, or even be prepared for a preemptive first strike if it is felt that he will not change his stance and opinion on the United States. I am requesting your opinion on how we should play this out with the public, whether or not a secondary strike is necessary or whether a preemptive first strike is necessary.
Posted by: Secretary of State Mark Dille | November 16, 2006 08:41 PM
Thank you John for you help and I encourage you to still help me with this effort to remove the nuclear threat of North Korea. In response to you advice and concerns, I think we need to put more pressure on the UN to search for these nuclear weapons and find out exactly what North Korea is doing. Maybe they are just making threats with nothing to back it up. It is also important that we stress to the UN that if they do not do so, the United States will be forced to and prepared to search for these weapons ourself.
I am also happy to hear that you have met with other people and expressed our beliefs on North Korea. We need to make sure that they too put pressure on the UN to take action now. This will show it is not acceptable for them to threaten others with nuclear weapons. It is also good to have a plan to of action if things with the UN should go sour, but I still think it is necessary for us to hold off on any military action currently.
Senator Austin
Posted by: Nick Smith | November 19, 2006 09:01 PM
Dear Senator,
I was wondering if you supported the giving of nuclear info. to India and if they were to use it aganist us would you want to use force on them or just the bargaining table as you do with N. Korea. I was also wondering why you dont' want to use force on N. Korea when you were in support of force in both Iraq and Bosnian? What changed your mind?
Minranda Donahue
Posted by: Minranda Donahue | November 28, 2006 07:26 PM
Senator Martin
Please see my most recent post with Senator Austin on this matter.
Secretary of State Mark Dille
Posted by: Secretary of State Mark Dille | November 30, 2006 06:17 PM