Word: caspar
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...Dear Colleague," began the letter that was dispatched last week to the 13 defense ministers attending a North Atlantic Treaty Organization conference in Luxembourg, as well as to the defense ministers of France, Spain, Japan, Australia and Israel. The message, signed "Sincerely, Caspar Weinberger," was an invitation from the U.S. Defense Secretary to participate with the U.S. in a $26 billion research program for President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, commonly known as the Star Wars defense system. The U.S., said Weinberger, would appreciate a reply within 60 days...
Three weeks ago, Reagan began playing host at a series of 8 a.m. breakfasts for small groups of 24 to 36 Senators and Congressmen, usually with Secretary of State George Shultz, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and National Security Chief Robert McFarlane on hand to answer questions. Reagan would show up around 8:30 to make an extemporaneous pitch. He spoke with dozens of other lawmakers over the telephone...
...defense accord upset some Canadians, who fear that it could involve their country in Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, the space-based antimissile defense system better known as Star Wars. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger added to Canadian distress when he suggested in a television interview that American missiles could be stationed in Canada...
...House Energy and Commerce Committee, the company billed the Government for an $18,000 country-club admissions fee, $1,125 worth of jewelry given to then Admiral Hyman Rickover's wife and the charge for boarding a company executive's dog at a kennel. Last week Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger suspended payments of roughly $40 million to General Dynamics for at least 30 days while the Pentagon investigates whether the company has bilked the taxpayers by billing the U.S. for corporate entertainment, personal expenses and political contributions...
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has argued that the Pentagon needs all its funds to counter heavy Soviet spending on weapons. But Schultze pointed out that in the past two years the Central Intelligence Agency has revised its estimates on the growth of Soviet military expenditures sharply downward. "To some extent," said Schultze, "the U.S. defense buildup has been based on a myth that we were falling behind the Soviets in most areas." He also complained that the Pentagon is building too many duplicative weapons designed to carry out the same mission. The Air Force, for example, has five major development...