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...Should the U.S. move as quickly as possible to increase its nuclear armaments or to build a Rapid Deployment Force capable of acting in an emergency in the Persian Gulf? At the top of the lists of weaponry, Reagan will have to decide whether to go ahead with the MX missile despite its estimated $34 billion price tag and the opposition it has aroused...
...billion, or an increase of 5% after adjustment for inflation. Carter has already granted a 16% pay hike to servicemen in order to attract and keep better recruits. More money will be used to stockpile spare parts, and a mix of new ships, fighter planes, Trident submarines and MX intercontinental missiles will be added to U.S. armaments in 1982 and in future years...
...Elipse, protesters chanted "No draft, no war, U.S. out of El Salvador," and "General Haig must go, we won't fight for Texaco." Massachusetts organizations at the rally included the Boston chapter of NOW, the Boston Alliance Against Registration and the Draft, the Progressive Student Coalition, the Coalition for MX Awareness and the Massachusetts Black Caucus...
...same time, Weinberger steered clear of committing himself to specific defense policies; for example, he refused to say whether he backed the proposed mobile MX missile system or favored abolishing draft registration. Weinberger did, however, also aim a blast at the outgoing Administration. Refusing to endorse the Carter doctrine that the U.S. would go to war to protect its vital interests in the Persian Gulf, he charged that Carter's failure to consult with allies before proclaiming the doctrine was "extraordinarily clumsy and ill-advised...
...shock wave through the capital. For most of the past 40 years this city has been used to new Presidents' promising dramatic departures but actually only reassembling existing ideas and programs under new slogans. Already Reagan has been urged by his advance scouts to reconsider the proposed new MX missile system and seek a cheaper and more imaginative modification of our current missile arsenal. It has been recommended that upon taking office tie declare a national economic emergency; that he seek congressional authority for a series of radical steps to bolster the private sector...