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Northrop Corp., maker of the radar-avoiding B-2 Stealth bomber, has asked the government to refuse trademark status for this Texas-based prophylactics company. The $5 condoms, available in red, white and blue, sport a taste- avoiding slogan: "They'll never see you coming...
...question is perhaps best left to psychiatrists, but last week Congressmen, Senators, White House aides and millions of Americans were trying to answer it. How could George Bush -- the World War II bomber pilot, the Commander in Chief who invaded Panama and ousted its dictator, the leader who dispatched more than 200,000 U.S. troops to the Persian Gulf and ably assembled an international alliance to confront Saddam Hussein -- be so wishy- washy...
...onslaught in Europe, it appeared that America could safely spend far less on military might. Only two days before Iraqi armored units rolled into Kuwait, the House had slashed $24 billion from the Pentagon's $307 billion proposed budget, eliminating such high-priced weapons as the B-2 Stealth bomber and mobile MX missile. The Senate was only slightly more restrained, chopping $18 billion. While disagreeing with some items on the congressional hit list, even Defense Secretary Dick Cheney agreed that some reductions were needed. He had just completed a strategic review and was about to propose cutting 10% from...
...government deficit. "Every politician will cite the gulf crisis as a justification for his favorite weapon," says Lawrence Korb, a former Pentagon official now at the Brookings Institution in Washington. For example, Senator Robert Dole has already argued that Iraq's move proves the need for the Stealth bomber, a plane less useful in the gulf than the A-10 tank killer that Air Force pilots disdain because it cannot fly more than 500 m.p.h...
...flurry of budget whacking, the committee canceled future production of the B-2 Stealth bomber (1991 cost cut: $1.9 billion), put both the MX and Midgetman mobile missiles on hold (1991 saving: $2.5 billion) and ordered a cutback of 129,500 service personnel, three times what the Pentagon proposed. The Senate completed floor action on its version of a military-spending bill and agreed on an $18 billion cut, including the Milstar satellite communications system (1991 price tag: $1.6 billion) and the C-17 transport (1991 saving: $1.4 billion) but salvaging a pair of the controversial B-2s. Clearly distressed...