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...Senators, Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, Gary Hart of Colorado and John Glenn of Ohio and Republican William Cohen of Maine, told Carter that they are alarmed by a new U.S. intelligence appraisal revealing that North Korea is significantly more powerful than previously reported. The assessment places the size of Pyongyang's army at up to 600,000 men and 2,600 tanks, a boost of 25% over the last U.S. estimate. Against this, Seoul fields an army of 560,000 troops and 880 tanks. The South is at a 2-to-l disadvantage in tactical aircraft and trails...
...might be popular. A poll last year by Potomac Associates, a Washington think tank, found that by 52% to 35%, Americans favored maintaining ground forces in South Korea. There also is considerable opposition to the pullout in Congress, where funds required for the withdrawal could be blocked. Warned Sam Nunn: "We haven't made any legislative threat, but I don't foreclose that possibility...
...Senators could hardly believe their ears. At a meeting in Peking last week, China's leaders told a delegation led by Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn that the Communist regime heartily endorses the U.S. military presence in the Far East. The Senators even heard, they said, that an expanded U.S. naval presence in the Western Pacific was "regarded favorably by the Chinese." One Chinese officer told the Americans that he hoped U.S. warships would call at China's ports...
Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, Joseph Biden of Delaware, and Republican Pete Domenici of New Mexico were re-elected to the U.S. Senate. They were joined there by Republican William Cohen of Maine and Democrat Bill Bradley of New Jersey...
...down a proposal to roll back property taxes roughly 50%. Moderation, even in tax cutting, seemed to be the voters' message. After surveying the results, Bill Brock started backing away from Kemp-Roth. As an alternative, he proposed "son of Kemp-Roth," a scheme devised by Democratic Senator Sam Nunn to tie tax reductions to cuts in spending...