Word: question
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...maintain the U.S. readiness needed both to protect the nation and meet its far-flung obligations. But just how well the Pentagon would be able to carry out its awesome responsibilities is a matter of growing concern in Washington. Both in the Administration and in Congress, officials confront a question that will not go away: Could the U.S. successfully counter a major Soviet military thrust, no matter where it came? If the answer seems doubtful, then the next question inevitably is: What must be done to ensure the nation's security...
...restoration of the draft. Others have suggested merely a return to compulsory registration for all 18-year-olds so that conscription machinery could start moving quickly if needed in a crisis. In September, the House of Representatives voted against restoring registration but asked the White House to study the question and report to Congress...
Even more critical perhaps is another question: Are Americans willing to pay the price? There is, of course, a widespread sense that the U.S. confronts a deadly threat from the Soviets, and that something must be done about it. But deciding what to do will test the nation's confidence and nerve as well as its ability to see issues in a long-term perspective. It will alsa require a challenging self-examination in which the U.S. weighs its role...
...massive nuclear retaliation lost some of its credibility, and thus some of its ability to deter Soviet aggression. Would U.S. leaders really defend Western Europe by launching a nuclear strike against the U.S.S.R. if that could trigger a devastating Soviet counterstrike at New York or Los Angeles? The question echoes more loudly now that the U.S. no longer boasts strategic superiority. As Kissinger put it in Brussels, "It is absurd to base the strategy of the West on the credibility of the threat of mutual suicide." With U.S. and Soviet strategic nuclear forces tending to cancel each other out, Washington...
...PIECE of evidence they use is the CCC's slate. Although there were three pro-rent control liberals on the original CCC slate, (all three--Francis Duehay, Alvin Thompson and David Wylie have since withdrawn), there is no question that if the CCC slate does triumph rent control will be in trouble. The four incumbents for which the CCC will campaign all voted against rent controls and attempts to control condominium conversion, and none of the challengers picked by the group was willing or able to gain the support of the Rent Control Task Force. City council meetings might...