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...with worries about audience (and advertising) share than any technical issues. And while some conservative Republicans have expressed remorse that their position will undercut grassroots religious programming, the message in their perfunctory hand-wringing is abundantly clear: In this case, at least, the almighty dollar is gospel on Capitol Hill...
...Pentagon's tests are against a lone incoming warhead. Jacques Gansler, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, told Congress last week that the testing program will grow more complex as the system develops. "The system design is solid," he declared. But some skepticism remains on Capitol Hill. Thus every phase of Friday's test will be carefully scrutinized...
...corps wants to build seven new 1,200-ft. chambers--double the length of the current locks--at a cost of $1.2 billion. And with the 400,000 jobs its Mississippi dams and locks provide, with its $4 billion annual budget, with its history of helping build the Capitol and the Panama Canal, and with the 12,000 miles of channels it now controls across America, the corps, you would think, will get what the corps wants. Politicians have always made sure of that...
...surprise. The corps spends millions of dollars every year in their states and immortalizes its congressional friends with locks and dams named for them. It is no coincidence that the corps's headquarters is not located in some corner of the Pentagon but sits at the foot of Capitol Hill. The rider's brazen language has irritated Caldera and other senior Pentagon civilians. "As the Secretary of the Army," Caldera says, "ultimately the responsibility for civilian oversight of the corps is mine." Sweeney puts it more bluntly. "The Senators say they don't want the process politicized, but that...
...Despite the depth of opposition, though, the pressure on President Clinton to give the go-ahead may prove compelling. Missile defense remains overwhelmingly popular on Capitol Hill, and the Republicans would pounce on any caution by the administration to proclaim candidate Gore as soft on security. The test failure, though, gives both Clinton and Gore new latitude to simply delay committing to a final decision, inoculating Gore against Republican attack at the same time as placating Moscow and Beijing...