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...furlough hundreds of inmates. Although the deficit problem may seem familiar, even tiresome, it is more acute than ever: Administration estimates for this year have grown from $100 billion to $161 billion, largely because the economy is growing less quickly than anticipated. Last week the Labor Department reported that civilian unemployment rose in June from 5.2% to 5.5%, the highest jobless level in almost two years. If, as many expect, the economy plunges into a full recession, the deficit could become even larger...
...could use Navy or Air Force bombers and cruise missiles to strike military targets in Iraq, but there is no certainty that such bombardment would have the desired effect. Saddam's country endured eight years of war with Iran, including heavy civilian bombing, and did not budge. A U.S. strike could make Saddam angry enough to send his tanks across the border into Saudi Arabia. Just as worrisome, the Iraqis could hold hostage the 3,800 Americans in Kuwait and, in effect, the population of Kuwait. Eleven Americans were apparently detained by the invading forces but later turned up unharmed...
...tension reached as far as the hills of Tennessee and farms of Wisconsin, where local Air National Guardsmen were hurriedly called from their civilian jobs to help ferry U.S. troops and gear the 5000 miles to Saudi Arabia...
...Mirza Aslam Beg, the Pakistani army's chief of staff, said the military moves were taken to assure an orderly transition to other civilian authorities, and were not an attempt by the military to seize power...
...House gave speedy 416-0 approval to a pending economic sanctions bill aimed at Iraq. The measure would cut off Iraq's $200 million a year in Export-Import Bank credits and tighten restrictions on U.S. exports that could have military as well as civilian uses...