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...that within three to six months we can introduce the necessary measures to make the Galilee a safe place, enabling us to bring our boys home. We want to establish an early warning system in southern Lebanon, and to have a mobile force in northern Israel. We want to strengthen the southern Lebanese Army, supported by the local people, and to have United Nations forces north of the southern Lebanese Army and west of the Syrian army...
...permit requirements do not apply if increased pollution from an addition is offset by a pollution reduction elsewhere in the plant. By a 6-to-O vote, the court found that there is nothing in the law to bar this so-called bubble approach. In language that should strengthen the authority of agencies to interpret the statutes they administer, Justice Stevens wrote, "Federal judges-who have no constituency-have a duty to respect legitimate policy choices made by those...
...reputation for levelheaded expertise in military issues. Thus his blunt proposal last week that the U.S. withdraw one-third of its troops from Western Europe unless other NATO allies increase their own defense spending disturbed politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. Nunn's intent was to strengthen NATO, not rupture it. Said he: "This is not a petition for divorce. This is a petition for the alliance to carry out its vows." But the measure highlighted a growing belief in Washington that, as Nunn put it, "America cannot solve NATO'S problems alone...
...open." By this, diplomats believe, he could have been referring to the Soviet Union. As the only gulf state to exchange ambassadors with the Soviets, Kuwait offers a potential conduit for Soviet influence in the region. Admits a U.S. official: "This is a good opportunity for the Soviets to strengthen their hand in the gulf...
Moderates in the Government, especially in the State Department, welcomed the report, hoping that it would strengthen their hand against the Pentagon. Burt encountered Aspin at a party and told him that the coalition that was forming between the Scowcroft commission and Congress "may yet get this Administration off the dime in arms control. Just up." keep the pressure The MX survived a number of votes, but by diminishing margins. By last summer, White House officials were hinting to key Congressmen that in addition to the lifting of the 850 ceiling on launchers, a number of the other more unrealistic...