Word: caspar
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Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who once aspired to be Secretary of ( State, often tries to put his own spin on foreign policy. Last week he was at it again, waging a rearguard action against accommodation with the Soviet Union...
...negotiated agreement, led by former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Burt, and opponents of arms control, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle. Burt has since departed to become Ambassador to West Germany, leaving no one to push hard for arms control. The Pentagon under Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger is unalterably opposed to abandoning SDI (see box). Publicly, Shultz always backs the President. Arms-Control Adviser Paul Nitze would seize what he considered an opening for an advantageous arms deal, but he is a veteran of the bureaucratic wars and not likely to lead any quixotic crusades...
...which currently spends 6.4% of its GNP on the military and where Japan has frequently been accused of getting a "free ride" on defense, the decison was applauded by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. The move, however, did not sit well with Japan's Socialist Party, which accused Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of being "ready to drag Japan back to the path toward war." And according to a poll published by the newspaper Nikkei, more than 65% of the public prefers that the government stick to the less-than-1% approach to defense...
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger had persuaded President Reagan to notify Congress that the test was in the national interest and to certify that the U.S. was making a "good faith" effort to reach agreement with the Soviets on restricting antisatellite warfare. Congress had banned the spending of funds for ASAT testing unless the President made such a certification. Four Congressmen and the Union of Concerned Scientists failed to convince a federal judge last week that the test violated the congressional restrictions and should not be held. The test was rushed so that it would come before arms negotiations between...
...Reagan Administration raided the Kennedy School of Government, appointing two prominent scholars to government posts. Dean of the K-School Graham T. Allison '62 was named special advisor to Caspar W. Weinberger '38 and Assistant Professor of Public Policy William Kristol '73 was selected by Secretary of Education William J. Bennett to a top advisory post...