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...Force's 1st SOW is equipped to transport Special Forces; so is the Army's Task Force 160 of the 101st Air Assault Division. The Rangers, 1,800 strong, see themselves as the elite light-infantry unit; so does the entire 198,000-member Marine Corps. The Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Agency, established in 1984 to advise on policy, is run by Marine Major General Wesley Rice. Yet until 1985, the Leathernecks had no Special Forces and historically eschewed their importance. Not surprisingly, the Marines' new experimental unit is studying hostage rescue, something both the Army's Delta Force...
...necessity, fought at the margins, a country that cannot back up its words with actions is soon rendered impotent. Terrorism demands the capacity to react swiftly and surely. So does the difficult task of defending U.S. interests and countering the spread of surrogate Soviet regimes. Until the Pentagon faces up to the realities of low-intensity conflict, the U.S. will remain a highly visible and too often helpless target. --By Evan Thomas. Reported by Michael Duffy and Bruce van Voorst/Washington
...still unclear whether the West's anger against the terrorists and their Libyan backers would result in any kind of military action. Among U.S. allies that opposed the intervention were Britain, France and West Germany, all of which have trade links with Libya. Both the White House and the Pentagon insisted that a U.S. strike was unlikely, but at the same time the planning continued. One favored option called for an aerial engagement against Libyan fighters over the Gulf of Sidra, followed by strikes against one or more of the five main air bases strung out along the Libyan coast...
...Murrow's longtime associate, admits that "the relationship between Murrow and Stanton was strained" but asserts that the CBS president later became one of the news division's firmest defenders: "He was willing to go to prison rather than submit outtakes of [the CBS documentary] The Selling of the Pentagon. " Stanton, who retired from CBS in 1971, has not seen the movie but says that, in general, "I feel negatively about docudramas." Despite the unflattering portrayal, he adds, Actor McMartin wrote him an admiring letter...
...President hurls verbal instead of military firepower at the alleged source of terrorist raids on airports. After the biggest U.S. military buildup in history, a new budget-balancing law may force a record Pentagon cutback. A South Carolina killer is executed for a murder he committed as a teenager, and 31 prisoners are held on death row for juvenile crimes...