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...swift leap into a controversial issue was nothing if not characteristic. Capitol Hill observers learned long ago that the 16-term Congressman and former House majority leader never backs away from a fight. Nor did the new Speaker, a former Golden Gloves boxer and a decorated World War II bomber pilot, retreat under fire on the tax issue. "I have not called for a tax increase," he said. "I have suggested postponing any further tax decreases for the very wealthiest taxpayers." Says Christopher Matthews, a former aide to Wright's predecessor Tip O'Neill: "Wright is going to be feisty...
...arrival of one more refurbished B-52 bomber at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth would hardly seem an event to create diplomatic turbulence. But when the aircraft linked up with the Strategic Air Command Seventh Bomb Wing last Friday, it became the 131st B-52 to be equipped with nuclear- tipped cruise missiles -- and that sent the U.S. right through the ceiling of the SALT II agreement. The unratified 1979 arms-control treaty allows the U.S. a total of 1,320 strategic nuclear delivery systems. If the number of bombers carrying cruises passes 130, the U.S. is obliged...
...again throughout the visit. His strongest words were reserved for President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, commonly known as Star Wars. Gorbachev told a group of Indian leftists that the plan was a "voracious monster" based on a "fundamentally inhumane" concept. The U.S. decision to deploy another B- 52 bomber capable of carrying nuclear missiles, the Soviet leader said, violated the 1979 SALT II accord and ran counter to the spirit of the October summit...
...independent-minded moderate rather than a down-the-line liberal. A former Army intelligence officer, Fowler has made military affairs a special interest, and on that subject he follows no particular ideological line. He has supported a nuclear freeze and strongly opposed the MX missile and B-1 bomber, largely because they drain away funds needed to maintain the readiness of conventional forces. But he is also an advocate of the Trident II submarine-launched missile and has voted for continued research on Star Wars while contending that the "important thing is to find a way to have meaningful...
Jacobsen's dramatic trip to freedom capped a week of swirling diplomatic activity in the Middle East, centered on Britain's break in diplomatic relations with Syria on Oct. 24. That action followed the conviction of a would-be bomber of an El Al plane who had received assistance from Syria's embassy in London, whose trial exposed the Damascus terrorist connection that had been long suspected but never proved. The U.S. supported Britain by withdrawing its ambassador from Syria, and last week Secretary of State George Shultz characterized Syria's role in the foiled bombing episode as beneath contempt...