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...communicated to Congress. Moreover, the aid request resembles one put forward by the Administration last fall when it asked for $270 million to be spread over 18 months, averaging $15 million a month. This package, which covers only four months and includes an additional $20 million to insure contra aircraft, averages $14 million a month...
...bulk of the aid package was intended to buy"non-lethal" supplies to keep the rebels alive asa military force inside Nicaragua. That includedfood and uniforms as well as communications gearand leased aircraft to deliver the material...
Congress created Costello's post in 1986 following disclosures of huge cost overruns by defense contractors and allegations that companies had, among many other offenses, billed the Pentagon for their executives' country-club fees and charged as much as $7,500 for a coffeepot used in aircraft. The principal remedy, lawmakers thought, would be to centralize all procurement authority in the hands of a single individual. Until then, such power had been spread among a myriad of departments. Said Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a Colorado Democrat: "We envisioned a czar who would kick trash cans and have rats jump...
PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE. Satellites in the top-secret Keyhole series and high- flying aircraft like the U-2 and SR-71 scour the Soviet countryside with sharp-eyed optical and video cameras that can pick out a football-size object from 500 miles. Beamed to earth electronically, the satellite images are enhanced by computers that can compare them with earlier pictures and show only those objects that have entered or left the area...
...same time, army commanders began to redeploy their troops. Instead of four- and six-man patrols at the refugee camps, groups of 15 soldiers were put into action. Helicopters and light aircraft were used to detect potential troublemakers. The tactics reflected the military view that an army decision two weeks ago to stop breaking up all demonstrations in Gazan camps had only encouraged the rioters. "We cannot let the Arabs go wild within the camps without interfering, because that has already been interpreted by them as our yielding control," said an Israeli general stationed in the West Bank. "Our main...