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...aircraft previously authorized. In cutting Star Wars spending to $3.5 billion from the Administration's requested $5.2 billion, the House freed money for more conventional weapons. The measure also authorized servicewomen to have abortions in military clinics, at their own expense, and cleared female pilots to fly combat missions at the discretion of their services. All these issues are likely to be decided differently when the Senate produces its bill, but Bush and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney have both warned of a presidential veto if the House version prevails...
Williams and Smith reflect an increasingly acrimonious debate among African Americans about the effectiveness and desirability of affirmative action. On one side of the argument, a small but widely publicized group of black neoconservatives contends that efforts to combat racial discrimination through quotas, racially weighted tests and other techniques have psychologically handicapped blacks by making them dependent on racial-preference programs rather than their own hard work...
...Marines say they turned against warfare after enlisting. Yet most did not file for status as conscientious objectors--seeking a non-combat position or an honorable discharge--until after their units were activated...
...right against abortion and for school prayer, he has linked himself to issues like education and the environment. In a state whose per pupil expenditures rank near the bottom nationally, Campbell has helped increase state funding for schools. He has also provided money for public health programs to combat infant mortality...
...thus provided a slogan for cold warriors' dismay at the waning of the all-defining struggle and the surrender of the essential enemy. Since then, the right has split into isolationist and internationalist camps. In the pages of this slim volume the two sides square off for intellectual combat of a high order...