Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1977: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, an Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1977, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 |
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... objectives to place on the record as complete an explana- tion of the reasons for increased Defense spending as is possible to make public within the limitations of national security . Nevertheless , I wish to caution that the ...
... objectives to place on the record as complete an explana- tion of the reasons for increased Defense spending as is possible to make public within the limitations of national security . Nevertheless , I wish to caution that the ...
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... Objectives -- The primary U.S. objective is , of course , deterrence and inter- national stability . We do not try to do everything , everywhere our- selves . We are not the world's policeman and we do not pretend to be . We do bear the ...
... Objectives -- The primary U.S. objective is , of course , deterrence and inter- national stability . We do not try to do everything , everywhere our- selves . We are not the world's policeman and we do not pretend to be . We do bear the ...
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... objectives and the necessary size and composition of U.S. military forces , their deployment , readiness , and effectiveness . A central question that we must try to answer here is this : How sensitive should these dimensions of ...
... objectives and the necessary size and composition of U.S. military forces , their deployment , readiness , and effectiveness . A central question that we must try to answer here is this : How sensitive should these dimensions of ...
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... objectives have been reached . While the existing and proposed strategic arms limitation agreements are important , they do not themselves solve all the problems of strategic stability . Moreover , the current negotiations must still ...
... objectives have been reached . While the existing and proposed strategic arms limitation agreements are important , they do not themselves solve all the problems of strategic stability . Moreover , the current negotiations must still ...
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... objectives . It would be a mistake to believe that the size of our defense establishment should be any more sensitive than it already has been to this dangerous rivalry . With regard to our general posture in Asia , as President Ford ...
... objectives . It would be a mistake to believe that the size of our defense establishment should be any more sensitive than it already has been to this dangerous rivalry . With regard to our general posture in Asia , as President Ford ...
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