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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Calling for $157.5 billion in defense spending authority in fiscal 1981, the President announced the creation of a new force that could respond quickly to emergencies anywhere in the world. The Rapid Deployment Force, or RDF, will have no units specifically assigned to it; but the commander, a lieutenant general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Getting Tougher | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Pressler, of course, has absolutely no chance of becoming the next President of the U.S. Yet he at least dresses for the part. He is wearing a nicely cut black pin stripe suit and a black tie with small white polka dots. "It's a very big thing to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Right of Every Citizen | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Every two years Pressler has been running for public office and winning. Now he is going for the big brass ring of American politics. Says fellow South Dakotan George McGovern: "People will think there is something in the water out there that makes us all want to run for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Right of Every Citizen | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

As the press conference continued, Pressler rattled on about why he should be elected. Outside the large windows of the tennis club, players looked in curiously from time to time to see what the lack of fuss was all about. Finally it was over. Larry Pressler set off to conquer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Right of Every Citizen | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Treen won by emphasizing his staunchly conservative stands in a state where the Democrats often vote like Republicans. Surprisingly, he got the backing of all the major Democrats that Lambert had beaten in the primary. A pro-union populist with a careening political style, Lambert hurt his own cause by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Going One Up | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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