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...heated up the debate between Carter and Reagan over which party is responsible for the U.S.'s falling behind the Soviets in defense spending. Carter claims that defense expenditures were reduced 35% during the Nixon and Ford Administrations. That is basically correct, since outlays dropped dramatically as the Viet Nam War ended. But Republican White House budget requests were trimmed still further by the Democratic Congress...
...Says Psychiatrist Mary Giffin, who treats depressed teens on the North Shore: "Programs present serious problems and solve them in half an hour. Life just doesn't work that way." Other experts blame the breakdown of the extended family, the rise of a narcissistic culture and the post-Viet Nam disillusionment with politics. "To some extent, the epidemic of adolescent suicides can be traced back to Viet Nam," says Chicago Psychiatrist Harold Visotsky. "Young people became disillusioned with the magic of government, and this extended to all institutions, including the family...
...elected, on his policies. Occasionally, vital issues are at stake. The refusal of the Republican Party to compromise with slavery in 1860 marked a turning point in American history; so did the adoption by the Democrats of the "free silver"* plank in 1896. The struggle over the Viet Nam War plank at the 1968 Democratic Convention split the party and led to Nixon's election...
...issue, speaking openly, worriedly and almost compulsively. The first was a young woman who, after a brief back-and-forth about the Olympic boycott, admitted: "We should never have gone into Afghanistan. Never. We will fight there for years. It was a terrible mistake. It will be like Viet Nam." When it was suggested that, tragically, thousands of soldiers will come home in coffins, she wheeled with frustration in her eyes: "What do you mean will? Thousands already have come home in coffins. And it is only the beginning...
Bradley began his broadcast career as a radio disc jockey and became a full-time correspondent for CBS in 1973. He covered the fall of Cambodia and Viet Nam in 1975 and was named White House correspondent in 1976. Two years later he joined CBS Reports, where two of his stories won Emmys. Next year he will begin as a correspondent on the top-rated 60 Minutes...