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...discussed it in February with two Democrats on Capitol Hill, Senator Henry Jackson of Washington and Congressman Michael Barnes of Maryland, and they sponsored resolutions calling for such a panel. Despite its success in using blue-ribbon groups to handle the hot issues of Social Security reform and the MX missile, the White House was skeptical at first. But by the end of June, after Reagan's own speeches failed to galvanize support for his policies, the idea began to sound better. "We're going to have to build a consensus on Capitol Hill damn soon," said...
...close call for the MX; censure for Studds and Crane...
...first test flight in June, from California to the South Pacific, was impressively smooth. But the MX missile's voyage through Congress last week was a rough one, and the Administration needed all its considerable lobbying skills to save the funding for the beleaguered weapon. Shortly before the House voted 220 to 207 to authorize $2.5 billion to build 27 missiles, the President and Vice President were still calling wavering Congressmen. "Those two are dynamite when it comes to lobbying," said an admiring White House aide after the narrow victory...
...upsets and surprises many people who argue from fixed positions in the U.S. nuclear debate. Long a champion of arms control, he dismays supporters of the nuclear-freeze movement by saying in effect not yet, not now. Long a critic of new weapons systems, he confounds opponents of the MX by reluctantly finding it needed, at least for now. Lest the Reagan Administration take too much comfort from that, he pleads the urgency of serious arms negotiations...
Just as unusual as Dam's uncensored six-minute presentation was the fact that the Soviets were then treated to an opposing view by another American. U.S. Rear Admiral (ret.) Gene La Rocque, a strong opponent of Administration policy, argued that the U.S. MX missile "is a very dangerous weapons system" and questioned the Administration's commitment to reaching an arms control agreement in Geneva. International Panorama Host Alexander Bovin left no doubt about the Kremlin's preferences. He promptly declared that "La Rocque has quite accurately defined the weak points in the American approach...