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BANGKOK, Thailand--Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38 drew cheers on a border tour and protest in the capital yesterday, then had his dinner plans changed by a bomb explosion in a hotel parking...
...timing was a publisher's dream. Just a day after the U.S. Navy went up against Soviet SA-5 missiles in the Gulf of Sidra, the Pentagon issued the 1986 edition of its annual review, Soviet Military Power. So when Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger held a press conference to publicize the Pentagon's latest assessment of Kremlin armed might, he had a full and attentive audience. But after being peppered with questions about the missile exchange off Libya, the Secretary asked plaintively, "I thought maybe I would like to talk about my book now. Would that be all right...
...secret meeting in July, then National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane won agreement that diplomatic and economic pressures had not put a crimp in Gaddafi's style and that more potent measures were needed. Even Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who has a deep reluctance to take military actions unless the results are quick and clean, for once was in harmony with Secretary of State George Shultz, who has consistently advocated retribution against Gaddafi and anyone else connected with terrorist acts...
...case in point. The same individuals who were shouting "fascist" were using totalitarian tactics of their own. The great danger is that such actions may come to be tolerated. Harvard is already gaining a notorious reputation for conditioning the freedom of speech according to the views of the speaker. Caspar Weinberger, who was shouted off the stage two years ago, would no doubt agree. If such disgraces continue, the demonstrators will have little room to argue if their own hero is ever silenced by chanting, eggs, and hurled bottles. Kris Kobach President, Harvard Republican Club
...airfield south of the Libyan city of Surt. One complication in hitting the sites: an attack could result in casualties among Soviet technicians that man the antiaircraft areas. Nonetheless, both Secretary of State George Shultz, who has long yearned to "put Gaddafi back in his box," and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger reportedly have been angered at the Libyan's recent claim that he does not support terrorists...