Word: cheney
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...away, the mini-debate over Bosnia is instructive. Both Bush and Clinton were saying the same thing. What Marlin Fitzwater called "reckless" -- Clinton's suggestion that the U.S. seek U.N. authorization for selective bombing to safeguard the relief of Sarajevo -- virtually repeated the prescriptions of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. Clinton barely overstepped the cautious line the Bush Administration has been following...
...accident immediately cast further doubt on an innovative program Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has repeatedly attacked. But despite the catastrophe, the Osprey managed to survive a general drive to trim defense costs as the Senate Armed Services Committee made its final changes in the 1993 defense authorization bill. The committee endorsed the House figure of $775 million for Osprey prototypes, though it mandated that only 50% of the funds can be spent until the Marine Corps Commandant reports fully on the crash. Surprisingly, the Senate agreed with the House figure of $4.3 billion for the Strategic Defense Initiative. The committee...
...Bush campaign and White House -- and who opposed the choice of Quayle in 1988 -- wants him replaced. Officials friendly with Baker, however, deny this, explaining that Baker's own presidential ambitions would not be served if one of his potential rivals in 1996 -- say, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney -- were elevated to the vice presidency...
Even as Defense Secretary Dick Cheney moved last week to put the Tailhook scandal behind him by naming a squeaky-clean number cruncher as Acting Navy Secretary, the Pentagon found itself embarrassed by new reports of sexual harassment and misconduct in the Navy...
...first message as the Navy's Acting Secretary, former Pentagon comptroller Sean O'Keefe, 36, called on all officers to cooperate "fully and truthfully" with the Pentagon probe into Tailhook. Appointed by Cheney for only a 120-day term, O'Keefe will sidestep Senate approval. Good news for the Navy, since confirmation hearings would have given lawmakers another chance to sound off against the already scandal-weary service...