Davis-Monthan Air Force Base supports 16,000 jobs in the Tucson area and contributes $2.5 billion to the local economy.
The Democrat’s endorsement of the Earth Charter and her father’s writings could raise questions at home in Tucson, where the military and defense industry provides tens of thousands of jobs. To forge world peace, the elder Engel called to "challenge the ambitions for ‘full spectrum dominance’ of the United States," a reference to the United States military’s doctrine of superiority.Įngel and her co-authors said her father’s work was "the inspiration behind this book and its contributors." In a 2019 book, Engel and two co-authors praised the Earth Charter, an international declaration that lays a vision for a "just, sustainable, and peaceful world." The document, which Engel’s father helped draft in 2000, calls to "demilitarize national security systems" and "convert military resources to peaceful purposes, including ecological restoration." Engel’s book features an essay from her father, Ron Engel, in which he urges a "substantial redistribution of wealth" across the nations of the world to implement the Charter’s utopian vision. It’s a stance that would likely not go over well in the Democrat’s military-friendly district.
As an environmental law professor, Arizona House candidate Kirsten Engel (D.) touted a manifesto that calls for demilitarizing America’s "national security systems" and using the resources to fight climate change.
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