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...decision, the Administration will almost certainly come under far more pressure to justify the peace-keeping mission. "What it all underscores," said Maryland Republican Senator Charles Mathias, "is, what is our Middle East policy? We need a policy." Asked House Democrat David Obey, who had opposed the President's request for congressional support: "What the hell are we supposed to be doing over there? What is the role...
...record that my presentation will not include any new data," said Spinney. "I beg your pardon?" exclaimed an incredulous Jones. "We specifically asked for updating in our letter to the Secretary of Defense." But the military hierarchy, it seemed, had not passed on the Budget Committee's request to Spinney, who after his February performance had been shifted to another assignment. (In fact, the Pentagon bureaucracy has introduced a new classification for data that are not to be shown to Spinney: NOSPIN.) Spinney's boss David Chu sought to rationalize the Defense Department's refusal to comply...
Healy said yesterday that he would proceed with a request for $500,000 to set up a new filtration system to replace the current system in use since...
...protect American students at the St. George's Medical Academy after the death of the Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop on October 19, and answer the call from the Eastern Caribbean States for American military aid. In fact, however, negotiations for such an invasion had begun before any such request. They were initiated by the United States on October 15, the day Bishop was placed under house arrest. Those negotiations continued until the 19th, when Bishop was executed on the evening of the 20th, contingency plans began in the Pentagon for the possible use of force in the area...
...time invasion went to press, the administration had a strong arsenal of reasons under its belt: the danger to American citizens and the formal request for aid. When the forces arrived in Grenada, and turned up several hundred Cubans and 30 Soviet military advisors, it was dubbed a lucky break and officials declared that the size of the Cuban presence, earlier referred to in an offhand manner, came as surprise. One can only remember, with a certain strong sense of embarrassment, the statement by the Russians that they were "invited in" to Afghanistan and Poland...