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...Relations on March 17. It was a classic example of rhetoric that raises far more questions than it answers. Reagan lambasted Carter for scrapping the B-1 bomber three years ago, but then turned around and chided the Administration for proposing "a costly and complex new missile system" (the MX). The vulnerability of America's land-based missile force requires "a faster remedy." Like what? But Reagan has moved on to the next subject...
Appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Utah's Democratic Governor Scott Matheson and Nevada's Republican Governor Robert List attacked the Administration's plans to install in their states the new mobile MX missile that is billed as the nation's most important ICBM of the future. Both men feared that the $34 billion missile system would do irreparable harm to their states...
...involved in the technical direction of MX and intercontinental ballistic missiles...
...addition, Anderson has supported the Equal Rights amendment, SALT II, federal aid to the poor to offset rising energy costs, and federal aid for abortion. He has been a long-time supporter of civil rights; he has opposed development of the MX missile, the B-1 bomber, and a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget...
...nation's military needs, haggle in public advertisements over who would hand the Pentagon the most money, and discuss "limited nuclear war" as casually as the latest poll. Proposals to lower unemployment or slow inflation litter the floors of New Hampshire auditoriums, mowed down by exorbitantly priced arsenals of MX missiles, B-1 bombers and "rapid deployment forces...