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Reagan effectively used the budget process in 1981 and 1982 as a club to win his way in Congress. But many advisers, most notably Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, feel that Reagan might be better off this year without a budget resolution. He could then try to influence each appropriations bill separately, and veto those he disapproved of. The veto threat, however, would be ineffective in tackling the most important spending problem, that of burgeoning entitlements such as Medicaid and federal pensions. These can be cut only if Congress passes new laws to change eligibility. Aside from defense spending, less than...
...tool." Translation: With their characteristic caution, which often borders on gutlessness, the Saudis are waiting for others to do the work for them. That message came through when President Assad visited Saudi Arabia's King Fahd in Jidda, and was emphasized again when U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger met with the Saudi Defense Minister, Prince Sultan, in Paris...
Many bishops had been upset by the way the Reagan Administration had praised the third draft; for example, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger two weeks ago declared that the document was "consistent" with the Government's policy. The bishops, who felt the draft was far more critical than that, were unhappy with the impression given that they had watered down the document in response to criticism from the White House...
...outside any discussions between the U.S. and the Soviets. While praising the Soviet willingness to focus on warheads "as a sign of progress," the State Department said that the U.S. would stand by its commitment to exclude British and French nuclear forces from the Geneva negotiations. U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger went so far as to suggest that the tactic might be designed to bring the INF talks "to a halt...
...dispute the right of TIME to print editorials, even if they are not labeled as such. However, when I read this story I thought that perhaps you had mistakenly reprinted without change a press release from the office of Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger...