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...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...
When Congress was trying to pare the Pentagon budget last spring, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger suddenly discovered a $1.7 billion surplus resulting from miscalculating the estimated inflation rate. That windfall may be only part of the military's reserves. A study by Congress's General Accounting Office has disclosed that the Pentagon may have amassed an extra $37 billion since fiscal 1982 by exaggerating the effects of inflation...
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, who has endured more criticism than any other Cabinet member, seems utterly unbowed. Gentle and gracious, he pads around his huge Pentagon office complex, believing that the U.S. is just a couple of years and a few billion dollars away from a defense structure that will equal the Soviets' and create an environment in which diplomats can work for peace free of worry about arms imbalances. His task: to stave off the forces that now would dramatically cut defense spending...
...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...
Washington wits say that Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger has never met a weapons system he did not like. Last week even Weinberger's patience ran out on one high-priced military project. In a tense press conference, the Secretary announced he was scrapping the Army's fault-ridden Sergeant York antiaircraft gun, making it one of the most important weapons systems to be canceled in production since the Cheyenne attack helicopter was deep-sixed in 1969. "It is not worth the costs," Weinberger said of the program, which would have totaled $4.8 billion before completion...