Word: haiti
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Though part of the problem is traceable to the fact that additional money approved by Congress to help cover the cost of missions in Haiti, Rwanda and Kuwait did not flow to Pentagon budgets until some units were already limping, White House officials are wondering if they were ambushed. "We gave all of the services written guidance that readiness was to be their No. 1 concern and that they were to cut other programs to ensure it be kept up," an Administration official fumes. "Do you think it's a coincidence that only days after the Republicans take over...
...fight over the Pentagon's fiscal 1996 budget began early, when Defense Secretary William Perry acknowledged that three of the Army's 12 divisions were below peak readiness levels, principally due to the cost of missions to Haiti, Rwanda and elsewhere. Republicans claimed the revelation proved the wisdom of their campaign pledge to pump more money into the military...
...Ross Perot, who had mixed success with the Republican and Democratic candidates he supported last week. Perot says the Republicans should have a chance to set matters right but suggests he might be back if they don't. And then there is Colin Powell, who distinguished himself in the Haiti negotiations in September and continues to score high in the polls. As a candidate, however, Powell would suddenly face a barrage of questions about issues he's never had to address, not the least of which is what party he belongs to. And then there is . . . well, who knows...
Tropical storm Gordon, which killed at least 531 people in Haiti and four people in Florida, whipped itself into a hurricane today before heading up the Atlantic coast and out to sea today. This afternoon, the hurricane's 75-mph winds swirled 325 miles off Cape Hatteras and forecasters expected no immediate threat to U.S. shores. (It could, however, shift back toward land anywhere up to New England, they said.) Meanwhile, says TIME Miami Bureau Chief Cathy Booth, Gordon's lesser incarnation swamped 35,000 acres of cropland in Florida's Dade County -- destroying about half the U.S. winter vegetable...
...correspondent Mark Thompson, who canvassed military officials today, says Army officials and GOP legislators may be teaming up against the Clinton Administration. Neither the Army nor key GOP leaders, Thompson says, want U.S. forces sent to what they see as budget-eating,"rinky-dink" missions to hot spots like Haiti. "The military now knows it has a sympathetic ear in Congress, so there's a tacit alliance already taking shape," he says. And the next Haiti? "It's going to be much, much tougher."Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...