Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deflect attention from arms control issues during the campaign, decided to delay any formal response until after the election. But at his first formal news conference in 21 months, Weinberger last week strongly defended Reagan's proposed strategic buildup. Said the Defense Secretary: "A nuclear freeze would weaken the deterrent forces we rely on to prevent war. We think freezing at this point is something that will increase the danger of war. The moral aspects of it should be examined from that point of view." The Administration has asked for a meeting with the bishops' committee, which...
...pulling back some troops from the border. While that would not come close to fulfilling Peking's conditions for normal relations with Moscow, it might accelerate the apprehension in the U.S. about the value of the China connection. That, in turn, could further embolden the Taiwan lobby, weaken the resistance within the Administration to new, more provocative arms sales to Taiwan, and further undermine Sino-U.S. relations...
Menachem Begin [Sept. 20] has said, "A friend does not weaken his friend." Begin's actions have weakened the U.S. in the Middle East, especially with the moderate Arab states. Before Begin accuses the U.S. of not being a true friend, he should look at his own actions...
...induced to lash out and use their enormous military capability. It would be suicidal but it is a possibility. That is why it is so counterproductive for the President to imply that we are militarily inferior to the Soviet Union. We are not, but this claim tends to weaken the confidence of our own people, shakes the foundations of our alliances and might induce the Soviets to make a suicidal miscalculation...
...induced to vote against the interests of the country?bought legitimately, with political threats on one hand and financial rewards on the other. The situation is getting worse. You have not only the financial payoffs with contributions and honorariums, but a tendency by Congress and the Administration to weaken ethics restraints. There are also those right-wing political-action committees that can spend hundreds of thousands to promote or defeat a candidate. Their scruples are sometimes nonexistent...