Missile Defense Advocacy Group Seeks Funding.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Brief Article

A new foundation organized primarily to whip up public support for national missile defense system is having trouble raising money to finance its ambitious educational programs.

The Washington, D.C.-based S.A.F.E. Foundation (Safeguarding America For Everyone), conducts "non-partisan study, analysis and research in the field of national defense policy and weapons systems, primarily to educate the public on the need for a missile defense system," said its president, Kevin M. Generous, at a recent briefing for defense industry officials. The group's agenda also includes addressing threats from weapons of mass destruction, cyber warfare and terrorism, but the emphasis, thus far, has been on missile defense, Generous said.

The foundation sponsors public conferences, lectures, seminars and...