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...checkpoint contracts. The CERP budget for fiscal year 2007 was $750 million and while no cutbacks are expected for 2008 the money hasn't been authorized yet by Congress, which means the army's top brass is playing it safe and tightening its belt. According to Lt. Col. Gerry Messmer, A U.S. civil military operations officer in Baghdad, there is no problem with funding. "We are reviewing all requests for funds and asking the important question of how can we help [Iraqis] help themselves...
...reminded that he must dress both down (there is always a raging egalitarian on the committee who resents Oxbridge college ties) and up (someone else inevitably believes there is a correlation between white shirts and intelligence). "Of course you cannot please everyone," Bradbury counsels, "but for heaven's sake, Messmer, at least...
...Pierre Mehaignerie and former European Parliament President Simone Veil hinted at possible support for a Socialist government in the future if its policies prove acceptable. Chirac's neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic (R.P.R.) party found itself just as demoralized but at least united behind what Assembly Whip Pierre Messmer called "intelligent opposition," meaning a tough stand that will stop short of systematic naysaying. Chirac himself is still mayor of Paris but otherwise faces an uncertain future...
...unprecedented national debate over defense policy. Long accustomed to giving he military whatever it demands, in a country where patriotism and the armed forces are nearly synonymous, Frenchmen are now questioning that practice in the face of rising budget pressures. Earlier this month neo-Gaullist Deputy Pierre Messmer, a former Defense Minister under Charles de Gaulle, led a censure motion against the Mitterrand government's defense policy in the National Assembly. Messmer attacked the "mere 15%" of public spending devoted to the military as "the weakest figure since the second World War." The Socialists used their majority to defeat...
Early polls show Giscard and Chaban splitting the Gaullist vote down the middle. In a feeble, self-serving attempt to solidify the party, Premier Pierre Messmer last week announced that he was prepared to become a "unity" candidate if the other Gaullists would drop out. His candidacy lasted a mere eight hours. Although Giscard kept a discreet silence, Chaban-in a five-minute talk with Messmer-made clear that he was in the running to stay. Paris politicians later spread rumors that Messmer had threatened to release secret "dossiers" that would compromise Chaban...