Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concerned about world opinion, but I am also concerned about the lives of our soldiers. No army will fail to defend the lives of its soldiers. We are on our way out. Why the hell are they shooting at the backs of our soldiers? The cynicism was brought to an all-time high by (the anti-Israeli statements of Lebanese President) Amin Gemayel. We helped the Gemayel family, we helped the Christians unconditionally when they were in difficulty...
...future withdrawal plans. We are already preparing ourselves to defend the northern part of Israel from Israeli territory. We shall maintain a mobile defense. No serious Israeli ever suggested that we should remain in Lebanon forever. Also, our presence in Lebanon has not made it a more balanced country. It is becoming more and more Shi'ite, and the Shi'ites are becoming more and more militant...
...name from an American computer. When the South African government makes plans for energy independence, it counts on American petro-chemical technology. When white South Africans are anxious about their future, American businessmen offer assurances that our government will support their brutality. When Harvard and other wealthy educational institutions defend Americans investment in South Africa, the whole world listen and the days of oppression and injustice are lengthened...
...lighter moment, Defense Secretary Weinberger began by noting that he would much prefer to have an uncontroversial job like director of the National Gallery of Art. But he went on to defend the Administration's military buildup as well as the controversial Star Wars plan. Later, Senators Joseph Biden, Gary Hart, William Cohen and Nancy Kassebaum gave a bipartisan critique of the Administration's defense and foreign policies, amid some jovial byplay between Hart and Biden on the approaching 1988 presidential campaign. After a vigorous exchange on policy, several of the visitors expressed surprise at how prominent an issue defense...
...central banks of West Germany, Britain, France and all the other major industrial countries launched a joint campaign to defend their currencies by selling dollars on the exchange markets. Though the Federal Reserve would not publicly confirm it, the U.S. joined the battle to rein in the dollar. Said a senior Administration official: "We spent tens of millions and the Europeans spent hundreds." By Wednesday afternoon the banks had unloaded at least $1.5 billion and sent the high-flying dollar into a nose dive. It dropped 4% compared with the mark and franc and 6% against the British pound. Even...