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...about how much more to spend, and especially for what. But the opportunity could all too easily be missed. One word used with monotonous regularity in the Pentagon and Congress to describe the present consensus for military spending is "fragile." Congress and the nation will strongly support increased military outlays???if the Administration sets clear priorities for a sustained build up. But that support will be quickly lost if the rearmament program is perceived as nothing more than a crash attempt to solve America's serious national defense problems by merely throwing money at them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arming for the '80s | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

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