Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Grant unconditional amnesty to "all draft, military, and civilian resisters and veterans with less than fully honorable discharges...
...effect, then, the solvency of the leading American defense contractor rested upon its ability to accomplish a sale in the international market of civilian aircraft. The Lockheed case dramatically illustrates the fact that critical elements of the American economy have outgrown the geographical confines of the United States. The aerospace industry can no longer be economically defined in terms of the American market. Its sales effort, to succeed, must be international in scope; in Lockheed's case, its 60,000 jobs, $650 million in private bank financing, $250 million in U.S. government backed guarantees, all seemingly hinged upon the success...
...more efficient, Ford cited the calculations of former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, one of the experts who briefed Carter before the debate. According to Ford, Schlesinger reported in 1975 that reducing the budget by even $3 billion to $5 billion would require discharging 250,000 servicemen and 100,000 civilian employees, closing 20 military bases, and reducing military research and development and the procurement of new airplanes and ships. But Schlesinger later told TIME that the figures were intended to show the effects of a $10 billion...
...government's methods of repression, however, seem to be infecting the government itself. Security forces-often operating independently of central control-have not limited themselves to guerrilla fighting but frequently have seized, mistreated, and even killed mere suspects. In the six months of military rule, at least 850 civilians, including five priests, have died violently, and 300 have disappeared. Perhaps three-quarters of the civilian deaths have been caused by government forces. The government argues that guerrilla fighting is "a dirty war," but many Argentines believe that security agents are out of control. Examples...
...Neil's favorite target. Throughout 1973, Dapper threatened that he would have Parks indicted for stealing $23 million, but no case ever materialized. After Parks left, reform-minded Police Commissioner Robert diGrazia--"The fuckin' Messiah," Dapper says--became his target. O'Neil maintains that diGrazia and his corps of civilian advisors are part of a domestic CIA conspiracy organized through the National Police Foundation. As evidence, he points to diGrazia's friendship with MBTA Director Robert Kiley, a former CIA official...