President Bush is providing good leadership

To the editor:

I am grateful and proud of our men and women serving in the military to ensure our freedom, and I am encouraged by the positive results we are already seeing under President Bush's leadership. This week he signed a bipartisan defense budget that provides the resources our troops need to fight the war on terror. This bill boosts military pay and provides for long overdue upgrades to military facilities and living quarters. Also funded is advanced weaponry that will give our troops every advantage over the enemy, be it terrorists or madmen with weapons of mass destruction. We must never forget the profound sacrifices that our servicemen and women have made in this time of war. Congress and the president should be commended for giving them the tools they need to defend our country's freedom.

EARL BROCK

Jackson