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...come up for approval in Congress later this year. In that phase, the Administration is seeking $4 billion for 48 new missiles. Several Senators warned the President that their votes for MX last week should not be construed as commitments to future funding. Said Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn, a defense expert: "I can say with very firm conviction I will not vote for any number approaching...
...council nonetheless has to be taken seriously. It still includes such party powers as House Majority Leader Jim Wright, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Les Aspin and Georgia Senator Sam Nunn, an influential voice on military policy. Even two blacks, House Budget Committee Chairman William Gray of Pennsylvania and Missouri Congressman Alan Wheat, have joined. Their presence indicates that discontent with what is often regarded as weak and divided leadership by the National Committee has spread far beyond the ranks of Sunbelt whites...
...Redskins' 29-27 win over the St. Louis Cardinals (occasionally even power rituals are only the second most interesting game in town), Canzeri's Venetian-style Christmas fete attracted a classic "interesting Washington mix": diplomats (Nepalese Ambassador Bhekh Thapa), members of Congress (Senators John Tower and Sam Nunn), name journalists (Columnist Mary McGrory), plus the Reaganaut social front line (Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese and Wife Ursula, along with Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver and Wife Carolyn). The White House group often favors its own small huddle, reinforcing a persistent suspicion that Reagan's aides prefer...
Fearing the worst, the Senate began to apply pressure to U.S. allies. In June, Democratic Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia introduced an amendment to a defense authorization bill, calling for the withdrawal of as many as 90,000 U.S. troops between 1987 and 1990 unless NATO members increased their defense spending and improved military facilities. The amendment was defeated, 55 to 41, but Nunn may resubmit it if necessary...
...Brussels, spokesmen for the Administration and the alliance downplayed the significance of Nunn's pressure. Said West German Defense Minister Manfred Worner: "We don't need any American Senator to tell us where deficiencies in our conventional forces may be." But the deficiencies seem to have been recognized...