Word: jointly
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...administration has favored covert and overt military action to solve problems in the hemisphere, most notably in Grenada. Sadly, Congress has given itself a reactive, subsidiary role as a glorified back-seat driver, constantly watching over the shoulder of the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As in Honduras, this relationship prevents the United States from taking a strong military stand against communism and limits our ability to use force when and where we ought to. Divisions also makes our allies doubt our determination and gives our adversaries renewed confidence...
Sending four battalions of the 82nd Airborne Division and 7th Light Infantry to Honduras brought the U.S. military presence in Honduras to more than 6000 men. They are engaged in joint exercises with the Hondurans but away from the border combat area...
...Honduran units have held joint exercise every few months for the last five years...
...That a joint committee of members of the Board of Overseers and the Corporation be established following the Board discussion in order to examine investment policy in light of the views expressed by Board members and other interested members of the community. It is expected that this joint committee will work expeditiously and will report its progress to the two Governing Boards...
Last week Baker, not long back from urging the Koreans to cut trade barriers, was up before the Joint Economic Committee. "You are the one real star of this Administration," rasped Democratic Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin, who then ripped into the Administration's policies with curmudgeonly glee. Baker sat calmly, understanding the game being played. Then he raised the possibility that Reagan might ask Japan to pay more for defense provided by the U.S., a deft move in the search for ways to cut American deficits, a huge campaign issue. Next morning he was at a Cabinet breakfast, collecting...