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...honor its commitments abroad. So did Defense Secretary Melvin Laird. Despite Senator Mike Mansfield's renewed call for the withdrawal of substantial numbers of the 300,000 American servicemen now in Europe, Laird pledged to maintain U.S. forces at their present level until at least mid-1971. To offset the departure of 6,000 Canadian troops, the British agreed to assign six additional combat brigades to Germany. Because NATO forces are outnumbered 2 to 1 on the crucial central front and would be quickly overrun in the event of an all-out ground attack, the NATO defense ministers also...
...Possible U.S. Troop Withdrawals: In the short run, I do not believe it would correspond with the common interest, including the interest of the United States, to change things in a substantial way. We agreed upon an offset arrangement for two years. It was an understanding on both sides that during this period there would be no substantial changes. We are in a discussion within the Atlantic Alliance on how we could make moves vis-à-vis the East in order to try, if one can, to enter into serious negotiations about an equal reduction of troop levels. This would...
...million individual taxpayers and brings long-needed reform to tax statutes. Lowering tax rates and increasing certain deductions, the bill would reduce individual taxes by $9 billion by 1972. Closing loopholes, it would raise an additional $6.5 billion in federal revenues by 1979. The loss is expected to be offset by normal expansion of the economy...
...offset these expenses, Ford's predictions show only a $1.5 million rise in income-from $37.3 million last year to $38.8 this year...
...brown, grey and yellow panels on which the prints are exhibited harmonize with the paper colors of the prints themselves and quietly offset the black etched lines. The subtle installation does not distract the viewer in his investigation of the intricate linear designs...