Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although some congressmen may have agreed with that view, "they felt it was very important to be even-handed in" executing the controversial legislation and would not exempt universities, says Director of Dispursements William G. Hoyt...
...unbelievable," declared a Pentagon official. "We'd never allow something like that to happen here." He referred to the astonishing Soviet decision to let three Democratic Congressmen prowl for four hours through the secret radar facility near Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. The Kremlin permitted the lawmakers and a few aides to snap 1,000 photographs inside the facility, which has been the focus of U.S. charges that the Soviets are violating the 1972 treaty limiting antiballistic missile systems. Predictably, the visit served to intensify debate in Washington about Soviet intentions...
...Congressmen (New York's Thomas Downey, Wisconsin's Jim Moody and Michigan's Bob Carr) were accompanied by Anthony Battista, a House Armed Services Committee technical expert. He concluded that the facility is not designed to use the frequencies most effective for space tracking -- a point that Soviet technicians conceded. The radar is also pointed toward the northeast, where the Soviet radar gap exists, rather than the south, where much more space activity could be followed...
Although some congressmen may have agreed with that view, "they felt it was very important to be even-handed in" executing the controversial legislation and would not exempt universities, says Director of Dispursements William G. Hoyt...
...presence in the region already totals 24 vessels and about 17,000 men. With the British and French ships, the armada will grow to 45 combat ships, the largest naval force in the area since World War II. Not everyone applauds that buildup. A bipartisan group of 100 Congressmen filed suit in Washington two weeks ago to compel President Reagan to invoke the 1973 War Powers Act. That measure, designed to give Congress a voice in military crises, would require the Administration to withdraw U.S. forces within 60 days unless Congress approves a longer stay. The case will take months...