Word: mcnamara
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what was planned in fatter times. That means eliminating Navy ships, Army divisions and Air Force fighter aircraft envisioned by Caspar Weinberger in the flush years of the early 1980s -- nearly $200 billion in weapons and research programs over the next four years. Said former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara last week: "The DOD is as close to bankrupt as you can get for a Government agency...
...orbit satellites for military intelligence, navigation and communications. The Star Wars antimissile weapons, sitting in space, could easily be turned against Soviet satellites traveling in predictable orbits. Such a prospect is as unacceptable to the Soviets as it would be to the U.S. Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara describes SDI as so destabilizing that he believes the Soviets would "be justified in shooting the system down, even in peacetime...
...accusation was serious, especially considering its source. Frank McNamara, the U.S. Attorney in Boston, said he had seen his predecessor William Weld smoking marijuana at a Virginia wedding reception in 1982. The charge prompted a Justice Department investigation of Weld, who had become head of its criminal division, a post he resigned in March in protest against what he considered ethical lapses by then Attorney General Edwin Meese. Last week investigators concluded there was "no evidence whatsoever" to support McNamara's allegations about Weld...
...McNamara has come under fire. He has admitted that he knew what pot smells like because he smoked it as recently as 1984 -- a concession that, made earlier, could have denied him his appointment. Though there are still three years remaining in McNamara's four-year term, he may not last that long. Concluded a top aide to President-elect Bush last week: "He's an embarrassment...
...flood the world with condoms," said McNamara, explaining that stemming the continent's population explosion alone would not be enough. "Africa needs political scientists devoted to developing long-term programs...