Word: hawkish
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...first weeks of 1981, the newly inaugurated Reagan Administration was divided over whether to go ahead with either track of the NATO decision, deployment or negotiation. At a meeting in February, Richard Perle, the hawkish congressional staffer who would soon become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, called the NATO initiative that had been approved by President Jimmy Carter "a lousy decision if ever there...
...Marine presence in Lebanon seemed sure to arise again. Congress gave the President the necessary authority four weeks ago to keep the Marines in Lebanon?but with considerable reluctance; in the Senate the resolution passed by a vote of only 54 to 46. New York Democrat Samuel Stratton, a hawkish veteran of the House Armed Services...
Clark's obsession with secrecy and press leaks has created political difficulties for the White House. Last spring, when the Administration was desperately trying to save the MX program, Clark tried to go ahead, on his own, with the appointment of Robert Dornan, a right-wing, very hawkish former Congressman from California, to a middling position in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. This heavyhanded move undercut the Administration's campaign to project a more conciliatory image on arms control negotiations. Clark dropped the idea when Congress balked...
...person skeptical of the present U.S. policy" and felt more emphasis should be placed on human rights rather than on military solutions. Former Governor William Clements, a Republican, is a strong supporter of the President but is known for his independent mind. Boston University President John Silber, whose hawkish and conservative views have stirred controversy on his campus, was born in Texas and taught philosophy there. Others on the all-male panel: Yale Economics Professor Carlos Diaz-Alejandro, a refugee from Castro's Cuba who nonetheless takes a generally liberal...
...publicly acknowledged that it was no less involved in the defense of the West than the West was in protecting the island nation. Yet, as soon as Nakasone arrived back in Tokyo he found himself in a crossfire of criticism. The opposition roundly denounced him, while newspapers bemoaned his "hawkish metaphors...