Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House on arms control. The Senate held heated hearings on the Administration's strategic policy that raised sharp questions about the need for new weapons systems. Urged by anxious aides to get out front on a populist issue that threatens to overwhelm his plans for a massive military buildup, President Reagan held his first evening press conference-broadcast on television's prime time-to assure his fellow citizens that he shared their worries. Said the President in his opening statement: "My goal is to reduce nuclear weapons dramatically, assuring lasting peace and security...
...resolution calls on the U.S. to seek agreement now with the Soviets to halt the production and deployment of all nuclear weapons, in a fashion that each side could verify, as a prelude to arms-reduction talks. Attacking Reagan's assertion that the U.S. needs to continue its buildup in order to force eventual arms reductions, Kennedy argued, "This is voodoo arms control, which says you must have more in order to have less...
...rising antinuclear sentiment has contributed to an erosion of support for the Administration's proposed military buildup, which is already in trouble because of worries over huge budget deficits. Last week the Armed Services Committee voted to eliminate $2.1 billion in funds for deploying the first 40 MX intercontinental missiles. The Administration, which has still not decided how to base these new weapons, wanted to house them temporarily in existing Minuteman silos. Critics charged that this ad hoc system would make them vulnerable to a Soviet strike. The committee made $1.1 billion more in cuts before sending the fiscal...
There is sharp public disagreement with Reagan on nuclear weapons policy. Some 71% said they favored emphasizing negotiations on disarmament rather than an expansion of the nation's nuclear arsenal. And 56% believe Reagan has emphasized the buildup of nuclear arms rather than disarmament negotiations. Indeed, almost a third of the voters said that Reagan's policies increase the threat of nuclear war, while 23% thought his policies decrease the threat. Reflecting the growing popularity of the nuclear-freeze movement, 70% favored resolutions urging the U.S. and Soviet governments to halt the testing, production and deployment of nuclear...
...South Africans captured a large cache of foodstuffs, including tins of corned beef from Zimbabwe, which they displayed as evidence that SWAPO is receiving aid from the government of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. Said Major General Charles Lloyd, commander of the Namibia-based South African Defense Force: "The buildup shows the clear intention of SWAPO and the Soviet Union to continue...