Word: congressed
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...state of siege under which the U.S. defense community finds itself is no passing thing. Important segments of Congress and the public are increasingly vocal in their criticism of the size, influence and performance of the military and its industrial suppliers (TIME cover, April 11). Last week the tarnish on Pentagon brass spread even further with the disclosure that the Air Force had falsified reports about the price of the C-5A transport plane under production by the Lockheed Aircraft Corp...
Self-Study. The day after Beckman's appearance, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird issued an apologetic statement in which he said: "I am determined to ensure that full and accurate information on C-5A procurement, and all other procurement matters, is given to the Congress and to the public promptly. I am also determined to ensure that past mistakes in procurement of this transport aircraft will not be repeated...
Shuddering at the prospect of deadlocked elections being settled by Congress, Thomas Jefferson called the Electoral College system "the most dangerous blot on our Constitution." No fewer than 500 attempts have been made to reform the procedure, but none has ever got past Congress. Now it appears that electoral reform is an idea whose time has come...
...pledged to work in the current session of Congress for a revision of the draft, which he said is "unjust and irrational...
...copyrighted report was compiled by Abram Chayes '43, professor of Law, and Jerome B. Wiesner, Provost of M.I.T., at the suggestion of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54. The report states that it is an attempt to "present the other' side" of the controversial program, since the information available to Congress and the public thus far has been largely limited to Defense Department releases...