Word: mx
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spending side, the Democratic nominee proposes to reduce military outlays in fiscal 1989 by $25 billion below Reagan's projections, in part by canceling the MX missile, the B-1 bomber and the Star Wars antimissile system, all of which Mondale considers both costly and ineffective. Defense expenditures would still increase, but by only 3% to 4% a year above the rate of inflation, vs. 1% under Reagan's plans. Domestically, Mondale would set limits on federal outlays for Medicare, leaving states to figure out what cost-cutting steps would enable them to squeeze under those ceilings. Whether...
...campaign trail. At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Chicago, he accused the Democrats of being responsible for a "dismal chapter of failed policies and self-doubt." They "claimed to be for a strong defense, he chided, while advocating the cancellation of the B-1B bomber and MX missile and supporting a nuclear arms freeze. That sort of stance, he said, reminded him of the saying, "Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build...
...great debates of election year 1984 has long been expected to center on President Reagan's costly demands for such new weapons systems as the MX, the B-1B bomber and the space-based Star Wars defense against nuclear attack. But last week the argument began over a much more mundane question: Are the U.S. armed forces better prepared to fight conventional wars now than when Reagan took office...
...words rang through the House chamber, she dissolved in nervous giggles and had to ask the chair for an extension of time to compose herself and go on. With an eye to conservatives at home, she has consistently opposed large cuts in the military. When Carter favored a mobile MX missile, she voted for it; when Reagan backed a silo-based MX, she voted against it. In the past year, as her political ambition widened, she has tried to plug the gaps in her knowledge, visiting Central America and the Middle East. In a remark that revealed both her naivet...
...Military. She supported a House resolution calling for a mutual, verifiable freeze on the production and deployment of nuclear weapons. She opposed funding for the MX missile, the new B-1B bomber, production of nerve gas and President Reagan's Star Wars concept of space-based defenses. On the other hand, she has spoken of the need for a strong defense and backed funding of the Trident Nuclear Submarine, the Pershing II Nuclear Missile and Draft Registration...