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...fact, Bush and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney had already begun that effort in little-reported passages of recent speeches. "We hear so often how our kids and our schools fall short, and I think it's about time that we took note of some of the success stories," Bush said on Feb. 15 in a speech to the Massachusetts workers who built the Patriot missile system. "For years we've heard that antimissile defense won't work . . . Some people called it impossible. But you called it your job. And they were wrong and you were right...
...days earlier, Cheney had told a business group, "It's important to remember that virtually every one of these ((weapons)) programs and systems was targeted somewhere along the line in the early stage of its development by critics." He added that observing highly competent U.S. soldiers in the gulf had left him "less pessimistic about our basic educational systems." Summarizing the Administration's new line of attack, Cheney said, "We need to be less critical of ourselves than we have been . . . We have done a better job as a nation than we often give ourselves credit for, and the proof...
Secondly, we are disturbed by Bush's propensity to surround himself with yes-men. Since August, the president has relied almost exclusively on the advice of four like-minded officials: James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney. President Kennedy conducted the Bay of Pigs Fiasco in a similar manner. He then sought a wide range of advice during the Cuban Missile Crisis. That's one reason there wasn't a Cuban Missile Fiasco. Even if you eventually reject your opposition's dissenting views, it doesn't hurt to hear them...
...developed long before SDI got to the drawing board. Still, SDI backers argue that the success of the Patriot teaches a significant lesson about the need to prepare against ICBMs. "All you'd have to do is watch the Scud missile battles over Tel Aviv and Riyadh," says Cheney, "to have a sense of the extent to which ballistic-missile capability is a threat to U.S. forces...
...second floor of the White House residence, his war cabinet was waiting. It was a warm evening for February; the fireplace was dark. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell was clad in a green turtleneck and sports jacket. Vice President Dan Quayle and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney wore tuxedoes, having come from a dinner for visiting Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Cheney had removed his eyeglasses and was absentmindedly chewing one end of the frames. Like everyone else, he was studying a pair of freshly copied documents...