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Defense Secretary Weinberger made an impassioned appeal at the meeting for using START to confront the Soviet Union with a "challenge" by demanding that it bring its throw weight down to the U.S. level. Haig rebutted Weinberger. Slamming down his fist and fixing his steeliest gaze on Reagan, Haig warned that the Pentagon's option would be dismissed not just by the Soviets but by the U.S.'s allies as a cynical ploy, and that the result would be "a military and political catastrophe." How the President resolved the dispute, said Haig, would be "the most important decision...
...Pentagon, Haig had suggested a "two-phase" approach to START, with limits to be sought on war heads and launchers in the first phase, and on throw weight in a vaguely defined second phase. The State Department believed it had, in Burt's phrase, "neutralized the throw-weight boys...
...biggest single disbursement, $86,047.93, went to the law firm headed by Joseph Califano, an ardent Democrat and member of the Carter Cabinet. Califano says the payment covered his fee and expenses incurred in representing Alexander Haig, an old friend, at the Senate hearings that led to Haig's confirmation as Secretary of State...
...Caveat, Haig...
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