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...president’s mansion on Elmwood Avenue is far away from campus, in order to shield him from the roguish mobery of student vigilantes, a danger that admittedly did not go away when the Vietnam War did. The president’s house is on a small sidestreet off of Upper Brattle Street, appropriately nicknamed Tory Row since the palaces there were the homes of those sympathetic to the crown in the battle for American Independence two centuries ago. Those were not brave spirits. Those were cool considerate men of moderation and caution. Sellouts of their day. The president...
...Because Jeffords' departure put control of Senate committees in Democratic hands, President Bush's proposed National Missile Defense (NMD) is now all dressed up with nowhere to go. The Democrats, while committed in principle (and by the law of the land) to the building of a limited missile shield, don't see this as an overriding priority (neither, for that matter, does the Pentagon). Certainly, not something worth abrogating arms-control treaties over, especially since the technology is still at a stage when, from a scientific and engineering point of view, the system remains somewhat hypothetical. So despite President Bush...
Cause and Commitment. Well, I suppose nuclear-missile defense qualifies as a cause. President W. and Secretary of Missile Defense Rumsfeld explain that we ought to cough up $100 billion to construct a Slomin's Shield to protect us from rogue nations like Iraq, Iran and North Korea, in case they go ballistic (those rogues!). Since normal deterrence has worked for 50 years, goes the reasoning, let's scrap...
...George, say goodbye to drilling in Alaska, farewell to the missile shield, and hello to patients' rights - and, just maybe, to President Daschle...
...defense spending about $1 billion, or 20%, a year to more than $5 billion annually. But that's not nearly enough to build Bush's system, which could top $200 billion. Military leaders fear their planes, tanks and ships would have greater utility against future threats than a missile shield. And Powell, reflecting his military background and his new post, is cooler to missile defense than the hawkish Rumsfeld...