Word: cheneys
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...beds of red and yellow tulips. But the meeting was a good deal less pleasant than the surroundings. Across from West Germany's Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Defense Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg sat a grim-faced American duo: Secretary of State James Baker and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. After the four-hour meeting, Baker declared himself "furious" that the Germans had come...
...renewed German demands that the U.S. open talks with the Soviet Union on reducing Europe's short-range nuclear weapons, nearly all of which are deployed on West German soil. At one point, Genscher complained that his country would bear the brunt of a Soviet attack. An exasperated Cheney interrupted Genscher: "Look, if the flag goes up, we're all going to be obliterated, so we don't need to hear any of that...
...hurt Kohl. So the communique signed by the ministers was a masterpiece of double-talk, reaffirming NATO's determination to maintain an up-to-date nuclear capability but setting no date for deploying the new missile. The ambiguous Brussels agreement was enough, however, to permit American Defense Secretary Dick Cheney to proceed with a two-year budget request for $150 million for research and development of a new weapon...
...settled a feud between the Defense Department, which has championed the FSX deal as a strategic and technological boon for the U.S., and the Commerce Department, which challenged it as a giveaway of fighter technology to Japan. Both agencies now support the White House position. Says Defense Secretary Richard Cheney: "My hope is that we'll be able to get that clarification and resolve our differences with the Japanese...
...senior congressional aide, who spoke yesterday on the condition of anonymity, said Cheney has sent the White House recommendations to eliminate both submarines from the budget. An industry lobbyist yesterday told other congressional aides that the submarines had been axed...