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...Caspar Weinberger against Budget Director David Stockman, the President eventually announced that there would be only a $13 billion trim in the increase in military spending over the next three years, and a mere $2 billion cut for fiscal 1982. He also ruled out deferring the tax reductions enacted in July. In rejecting these courses, Reagan could plead consistency. He has been adamant in calling for a military buildup to counter the Soviet threat. In his speech he described national security as "Government's first responsibility." He had also campaigned on a pledge to lower taxes and could hardly...
...fact, not a whole lot of people outside of the mid-Hudson valley area care whether West Point reestablishes itself as a national power or stumbles through yet another losing campaign in a string of mediocre seasons. Asked recently about today's Army-Harvard rematch. Caspar W. Weinberger '38 commented that as Secretary of Defence, he "doesn't have time to follow the details of college sports," pertaining to the military academy or otherwise...
Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger '38 is under attack for using taxpayer money to pay for five trips to his summer home in Maine, including two weekend jaunts that included meetings at Harvard...
...Caspar Weinberger asked, "What are we going to do about AWACs...
Still, as one White House adviser emphasized, "This was more than just a getting-to-know-you state visit." U.S. officials, notably Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, had criticized Begin's decisions to destroy Iraq's nuclear reactor and to bomb strongholds of the Palestine Liberation Organization in civilian sections of Beirut. Begin in turn had sharply rejected the criticism as unwarranted and unfair. But last week, as Reagan escorted Begin toward his seat for the first White House meeting, Begin dramatically broke away. "Mr. Prime Minister," Reagan called out, "your seat is over here." Begin strode...