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...last of the starting Yardlings, Debbie Field, fortified a defensive alignment which would make Caspar W. Weinberger '38 proud. After a Polar Bear direct kick with four minutes remaining, Field slid into the crease and cleared a loose ball from the rebound-minded Bowdoin forwards...
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and his top assistant, Frank Carlucci, initially replied in typical Pentagon fashion: they produced a list that, according to congressional sources, suggested the abolition of one of the Army's 16 divisions and the scrapping of two tactical air wings, among other things. The list sounded like an example of what Pentagon Spokesman Henry Catto had meant when he warned the public to doubt any statements from the armed services "that would lead you to believe they're going to be deprived of uniforms if they don't get everything they asked...
Bandow added that Reagan will postpone his decision on registration until he receives the end-of-year recommendations of a special military manpower commission formed in May to examine the quality and number of men in the services and placed under the supervision of Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger...
...remove those doubts, Reagan made a key and, for him, painful decision while on vacation: his pledge to balance the budget by 1984 will take precedence even over his plans to spend $1.5 trillion on defense over the next five years. Thus Reagan ordered an extremely reluctant Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to prepare "a reverse wish list," a series of optional ways to pare somewhat the planned level of annual increases in military spending. Still, Aide Baker jolted the Pentagon by publicly announcing how big the rollbacks in increased spending might be: up to $30 billion...
...officials are playing down their differences with West Germany. For Secretary of State Alexander Haig, repairing Carter-era damage in relations with Western Europe remains a high priority. But his efforts have been hampered by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who fears that lack of Western European resolve may have an adverse effect on the U.S. public's willingness to accept increases in defense spending. Haig tried to persuade Reagan to delay a decision on the neutron weapon; if Bonn was not informed of the President's plans until 36 hours before the announcement, State Department officials explain...