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American representatives deny they will use the catastrophe to drive a tougher bargain. But U.S. Defense Secretary Richard Cheney has questioned "the cost of our obligations to the Philippines should we continue to use these facilities." That could bode ill for Manila, which had hoped for hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance in return for renewal of U.S. base rights...
Military leaders retort that rushing unprepared troops into action would have been irresponsible. Says Defense Secretary Dick Cheney: "I feel very strongly we would have run the risk of getting a lot of people killed unnecessarily if we sent units ((to the gulf)) before they were ready." Cheney argues that a balanced reduction in the overall strength of the armed services will require cutbacks in the Guard and reserves: "If we're going to cut active-duty personnel, and we are -- the Army's going from 18 active to 12 active divisions -- I don't need as many reservists...
...those negatives is a fact of enormous importance in an era of federal austerity: on average, it costs only one-fourth as much to train an Army Guard member as it does to train a full-time soldier. That point was forcefully made last month in a letter to Cheney signed by 54 Senators from both parties. They charged that the Defense chief's plans to downsize the Guard "fail to recognize ((its)) cost-effectiveness . . . and, in effect, discards the Total Force policy at the precise time it has proven successful...
...model of restraint last week. The day after Bush spoke, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney told the Israeli government that Washington would pick up most of the development cost for Israel's new antimissile missile, the Arrow. The U.S. is giving the Jewish state 10 used F-15 fighters and, said Cheney, will make sure the Israelis "maintain their qualitative edge." Cheney also said Israel has promised to store U.S. military equipment for American use in future emergencies, an arrangement Washington is negotiating with some of the gulf states as well...
...DICK CHENEY...