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...silent majority that was heard Nov. 4 [when President Reagan was elected]," says Siljander. "My support comes from morally concerned citizens who are sick of the situation in this country." Siljander pledges to battle the Equal Rights Amendment, pornography, abortion, school busing and "big spending." He will champion the neutron bomb, the MX missile and prayer in public schools...
...learn about the subtleties of diplomatic discourse, has a tendency to make casual and imprecise pronouncements that later have to be corrected by others. In his first press conference, he said that the U.S. might decide to deploy the enhanced-radiation warhead known as the neutron bomb. Haig quickly sent out cables saying that no such decision had been made. Discussing the presence of U.S. trainers in El Salvador, Weinberger offhandedly referred to them as "advisers"-a red-nag word with disturbing echoes of Viet Nam. This tendency to shoot from the hip has done nothing to ease tensions between...
...purely military terms, it would make sense to consider development of the neutron bomb. Opponents of this highly effective
...kill people without destroying buildings or vehicles, and partly because it is easy to use. The accusations do not make sense, since the weapons might actually help deter a Soviet armored blitz against Western Europe and thus diminish the danger of war. The real problem with the neutron bomb is essentially political: because of internal opposition in a number of European countries to the stationing of new U.S. weapons on their soil, the key NATO allies are likely to continue to resist deployment of the neutron bomb...
Weinberger also alarmed diplomats in Europe by saying it was "very probable" that the Administration would seek to deploy the so-called neutron bomb with NATO forces. Haig promptly cabled U.S. diplomats abroad, calling attention to Weinberger's further statement that no U.S. decision had been made and that none would be made without full consultation with U.S. allies in Europe...