Word: buildups
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President Reagan still marches to a different martial drumbeat from the vast majority of Americans when he insists the pace of his record military buildup must not be slowed and the U.S. needs more nuclear weapons. Still, with the glaring exception of the homeless MX missile, Reagan is making significant progress in his drive to reshape public opinion on military matters. A surprising 39% of Americans even agree with the President's totally unsupported contention that the U.S. nuclear-freeze movement, which won impressive victories at the polls in eight states in November, is led by people who have...
...have been watching assiduously for any hint, wink or nod that might reveal how the talks are progressing. Reason: one of the most emotionally charged issues of the 1983 international calendar, namely whether NATO will deploy 572 new U.S.-built nuclear missiles starting next year to respond to the buildup of Soviet intermediate-range SS-20 missiles aimed at Western Europe. What NATO will do hinges on the outcome of the negotiations; so when word was leaked from Washington last week that the Soviets had floated ideas for a compromise, U.S. officials warily watched to see what response it would...
...State George Shultz are the most powerful men in the Administration, but Weinberger enjoys a longstanding relationship with the President that Shultz can never match. As the man responsible for translating the defense imperatives of Ronald Reagan into dollars and cents, he is requesting the biggest peacetime military buildup in U.S. history, one that will cost $1.6 trillion over the next five years. Yet criticism is growing that Weinberger, by pushing so fervently to carry out Reagan's mandate to "rearm America," has been creating opposition in a frustrated Congress, which must either cut defense costs, slash social services...
Weinberger and Reagan get along so well in large part because the two men share the same world view: the Soviet Union can only be prevented from dominating the West by a rapid buildup in the military might of the U.S. In the White House, Weinberger is opposed by Chief of Staff James Baker and David Stockman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, who feel that the defense buildup should be eased somewhat to curb the deficit. But Weinberger can carry the day singlehanded with the President by raising the specter of the Soviet threat. Says...
Perhaps the most damning charge leveled at Weinberger is that, amid all his dire warnings of Soviet intentions and strength, he has lost public support for the defense buildup that he so fervently pushes, as reflected in last month's election. "By being so insistent and unwilling to compromise, he has hurt the consensus for the defense budget," says an Administration official. "He's a great disappointment...