Trips
On a February
trip to Peru, NDCF faced danger as the Helicopter carrying Cong.
Burton and Major Messing "force landed" in the midst
of a drug processing village
NDCF
escorted Bruce Hazelwood and Cong. Sensenbrenenner to Thailand
and Laos to study the opium problem first-hand. While in Thailand,
met with appropriate U.S. embassy officials and head officials
of the Drug Enforcement Administration. In Laos, NDCF met with
Communist officials about the drug issue and POW/MIA concerns.
NDCF toured
the Central American countries of El Salvador, Peru, and Guatemala
On a mission
to El Salvador, NDCF distributed desperately needed medical
supplies to save 5,000 lives
To date,
NDCF has visited over 24 conflict areas
Humanitarian
Aid Provided:
A total
of more than 130 tons of food and medical supplies distributed
in war-torn and disaster areas by NDCF to date
Several
tons of medicine were brought to conflict areas in El Salvador
Writing/Features/Research/Studies:
Op-Ed Pieces:
February
1990, The
World & I, "El
Salvador: Tet II" by Major Andy Messing
21 February
1990,
Los Angeles Times, "Don't Use a Sledgehammer on
our Defense Forces" by Major Andy Messing
18 April
1990, Philadelphia
Inquirer, "U.S. Marine Strategy Depends on a Strong
Carrier Force" by Mr. Bernard Halloran
9 July
1990, The
Washington Post, Major Messing addresses the June 22 op-ed column "The War in the Andes" by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak that concerned a report published by NDCF. "The War in the Andes" by F. Andy Messing.
29 July
1990, The
Washington Post, "Our Gulf Giveaway, Why Subsidize
Oil for Japan and Europe?" by Mr. Milt Copulos
Fall
1990, Wings
of Gold, "The Navy and the Drug War" by Major
Andy Messing
23 October
1990, The
Washington Times, "Schizophrenic Soviet Power Structure"
by Major Andy Messing
Featured In/Quoted In:
29 July
1990, The
Washington Post, "Why Subsidize Oil for Japan and Europe"
Research:
NOTE:
Over
17 research papers on energy and the environment have been published
to date by NDCF
Research
paper published, "Desert Shield/Desert Storm Fact Sheet
Research
paper published, "Answering America's Energy and Environmental
Dilemma
Research
paper published,
"Defense and the Environment: A Primer," Mr. Milt Copulus
Research
paper published, "Narco-Guerrilla
Conflict: U.S. Drug Control Policy and International Operations"
NOTE:
This extensive 70 page study was the culmination of 10 years
of research in 16 countries
Research
paper published, "U.S. Support for Democratic Insurgencies"
Research
conducted on USSR involvement in Iraq
Lobbying
/ Public Policy Making:
Lobbied
for "Work Prisons" where convicted drug types are
forced to work to re-pay society
Met with
Drug Czar Secretary William Bennett, Secretary of Defense Richard
Cheney and Mr. Robert Gates of the National Security Council
to discuss the Drug War; also discussed the Iraq situation
Miscellaneous:
Letter
from William Bennett, Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, thanking NDCF for its interest in the Drug War
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