A Focused Mission

SecureUS is a political action committee with a focused mission: to train Democratic candidates for federal office to think and talk about critical national security issues facing the United States.  SecureUS provides interactive training and materials to help candidates pass voters' "gutcheck" on national security issues.

Founded in 2005 by Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA), SecureUS helped elect 19 new Democratic House members and supported more than 30 challengers in the last election cycle.  In 2008, we will again provide training, materials and financial assistance to Democrats running for federal office.

Get Ready for 2008

• Candidates:  Click here to download our candidate questionnaire.
• Learn the Issues.
• Read this memo on Handling National Security in 2008
• Find out What Americans Are Thinking about national security.
• The old ways of defending America have not worked against present and looming threats.  We no longer face armies on the march.  Today, we face terrorist networks and outlaw regimes attempting to acquire chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and attack our homeland.  We need bold, fresh ideas and strategies on how to stop these threats.  And we need the ability and confidence to communicate these strategies clearly to an anxious electorate.
• Americans across the spectrum want leaders who will protect our country with strong and sensible national security policies.  Democratic candidates must be able to articulate such policies in order to win on election day.

What We're Reading

• Jonathan Alter's The Pull and Strike Democrats.  "... It's about clearly and memorably conveying the complex truth that leaving Iraq is not enough."

What Happened in 2007

• We advised current House members on key national security issues -- check out our training materials on terrorism and military overstretch.
• Jane Harman and our advisory board members provided national leadership on key issues. Read Harman's critique of Bush Administration politicization of intelligence; recipe for fixing FISA; recent national security op-eds; William Perry's proposals on how the US should prepare now to deal with the aftermath of a terrorist attack; and Richard Holbrooke's call for a new strategy toward Iraq and Iran.

What We Achieved in 2006

• Check out our press coverage.