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...MX missile, which will be put to authorization and appropriation votes in both houses some time in March, is definitely in danger. Aspin, a supporter of the MX last year, has hinted that he will switch his vote. Goldwater has already stated that the controversial missile, which would cost $20 billion to $30 billion, is dead. The bill for Star Wars, now in the earliest stages of research, will not come due for many years, but some Congressmen are threatening to strangle this Reagan-policy brainchild in the crib...
...King would remind its that now is the time for leadership. It is new that we decide whether the B-1 bomber is more important than a child's school lunch. Now is the time to decide whether the MX missile gives us more security than the nutrition programs which feed our families and the elderly...
...Reagan-Weinberger $259 agreement apparently preserves every procurement program, from the B-1B bomber to the MX missile. Indeed, since Reagan took office almost four years ago, not one weapons system requested by the Pentagon has been canceled...
Stockman wanted to get $8 billion out of defense outlays next year on top of the $34 billion from other agencies. Even so, Stockman's plan would permit the Pentagon to proceed with development of 48 more MX missiles, the B-l bomber and the President's Star Wars defense against a nuclear missile attack...
...problematic MX, he figures, will be canceled when it comes up for a vote in Congress next spring. Therefore Reagan should "not push this thing... I don't think he can win it, so why get your ass knocked off?" Besides, Goldwater admitted, "my heart has never been in" the fight for the new missile, partly because it seems there are plenty of nuclear weapons already. "I'm not one of these freeze-the-nuke nuts, but I think we have enough, I think [the Soviets] have more than enough...