Word: oppositionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much congressional reaction was bitter, and it seemed evident that he had hardened opposition to his Safeguard ABM plan into the bargain. Said Senator James Pearson, a Kansas Republican and an ABM foe: "I disagree with the President. I don't think it's isolationism to oppose excessive...
To assign much of the blame to the White House, however, is to pass the buck. Congress has traditionally acted on the principle that slack is beautiful. And the fact is that during nearly 40 years dominated for the most part by activist, innovative Presidents, Congress grew accustomed to reacting...
In the Senate, Democratic and Republican liberals have been filling the void by raising fundamental questions on military tactics in Viet Nam, overseas commitments generally, arms procurement and domestic priorities. This activity does not directly produce much legislation, but George McGovern's hunger investigation did help pressure the White...
Dynamite Defused. These U.S. concessions are probably essential to continuation of the U.S.-Japan Security Pact, a prime target for Sato's extremist opposition. It becomes subject to renegotiation for the first time next year. The hope in both capitals is that, by defusing Okinawa's potential as...
Aware of the opposition, the Soviets enlisted support for the doctrine from its first victims. Shortly before leaving for Moscow, Czechoslovak Party First Secretary Gustav Husak, who in April replaced Alexander Dubcek, declared that "anti-Communist and anti-Soviet insti gations" had justified the intervention of Czechoslovakia's Warsaw Pact...