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...Oval Office meeting, Bush, Baker, Scowcroft, chief of staff John Sununu, Joint Chiefs Chairman William Crowe and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney gathered to discuss ways to make a proposal with "punch." Scowcroft suggested that Bush propose deep reductions in U.S. and Soviet ground forces and combat aircraft in Europe. The President liked Scowcroft's idea but wanted to make sure the Pentagon was on board. "I just don't want to do anything militarily dumb," he said repeatedly...
...news media ("They're such vultures . . . they're too powerful") and the dating habits of flight attendants ("In case we crash, so the media would have some kind of a juicy tidbit"). Moments later, the plane crashed, killing 14 people. The crew had apparently failed to extend the aircraft's wing flaps properly...
...special units trained for antiterrorist warfare. Though Congress has mandated the establishment of a Special Operations Forces Command, the separate services refuse to cooperate -- the Navy, for instance, will not assign SEAL units to the force -- and Congress has not funded equipment like new MC-130 Combat Talon attack aircraft needed to drop commandos in enemy territory...
...government-industry task force has been set up to discuss possible changes in the design of the DC-10, which is built by McDonnell Douglas, and other large aircraft, including the L-1011 and the Boeing 747. It is, however, unclear when that group will make its recommendations...
...pilot, Capt. Robert Smith, downplayed his efforts and said Boeing 727s are "fabulous" aircraft...