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Senate Turns Down Overseas Forces Cut
Senate weighs Navy Trident submarine fleet delay as part of a $21 billion weapons bill. A Mansfield amendment to cut overseas forces by 100000 over two years faced shifts. Schlesinger influenced some votes toward preserving force levels. Debate centers on NATO troop reductions and delaying the first Trident submarine to 1980.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Nixon Administration
Administration
United States
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
J. Bennett Johnston Jr
D-La
Defense James R. Schlesinger
Warren G. Magnuson
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Milton R. Young
R-N.d
Strom Thurmond
Rl.c
Senate Armed Services Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Soviet Union
Sens
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
Peter Dominick
Rcolp
McIntyre-Dominick