Portsmouth Herald Covers Buckey Speech

Buckey said he would focus on decreasing America's dependence on petroleum and increasing research on renewable energy technologies. He said it's an issue that's vital to both national security and the economy.

"If we don't take action, we are going to lose control of America's future," Buckey said. "Ten years from now, do we want to be importing solar-powered systems and other technologies from elsewhere or do we want to be building them here?"

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Envelopes and Pizza

(a special message from our wonderful volunteer coordinater, Abigail)

This Thursday, October 25th, from 5 pm - 9 pm, we will be having an envelope stuffing party at our campaign headquarters (address at the bottom). If you are available, we would love for you to stop by for as long or short a time as you can. Friends and family members are welcome as well.

If you cannot make it on Thursday but are interested in volunteering, please don't hesitate to contact us by phone or email. We have volunteer opportunities that range from attending one-time events, to policy research, to delivering yard signs to supporters.

We hope to see you soon!

Abigail Davidson

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Pizza and Envelopes
Thursday, October 25th, 5 pm- 9 pm
Campaign Headquarters, 2 Whipple Place, Lebanon, NH (next to Lebanon Pharmacy, by the Citizens' Bank drive-thru)
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The 5th anniversary and the way forward

Today, five years after the Senate passed the Iraq War Resolution, men and women in our military are still fighting and dying in Iraq. If we want to move forward, we must face difficult strategic questions, not just discuss dates and numbers of brigades. If you're talking about Iraq and you're not talking about energy, then you're not really talking about Iraq.
I didn't support the Iraq War Resolution in 2002, but now that we are involved in the war, there's no easy way out. Our military and diplomatic options in the Persian Gulf are severely hindered by our dependence on oil.

The debate about how to end the war should be about more than troop numbers or timetables for withdrawal. Successfully drawing down our troops in Iraq must be accompanied by drawing down our oil consumption and committing ourselves to developing technology for safe, renewable energy sources.

The global economy, the environment, and our national security all depend on America rising to the challenge of creating a new energy economy. As an astronaut, I know what this nation can do when we commit ourselves to a program. If we had an Apollo Program for energy, we could regain control over our future, stimulate our economy, and inspire the world.

Our Sputnik

50 years ago the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, and in the process launched an American commitment to science education. The accomplishments and advances made by the generation of scientists and engineers who grew up and were educated in the years after Sputnik remind us just how productive that investment in education was.

Today, we don't have one clear signal like Sputnik that our commitment to science, technology and innovation needs to be renewed. Instead we have a gradual, but clear, loss of technological leadership. The United States is now a net importer of high technology products and the number of American students pursuing advanced degrees in science is declining.

We have to create our own Sputnik moment for the 21st century. Our national security, our economy and the environment could be transformed for the better if the United States took on the challenge of replacing petroleum with renewable alternatives. This goal would be hard to achieve, but it would inspire our students, boost our economy and drive innovation. We need more students with the science and math skills to take on this challenge, and we can educate them, just as we did in the days after Sputnik.

50 year ago we made a commitment to making American science the best in the world. We need to renew that commitment so we can confront the serious problems we face now.