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Relative Military Strength Issue in 1980 Campaign
Associated Press report outlines the 1980 campaign debate over whether the United States trails the Soviet Union in military power. Reagan, Jackson, and Carter criticize detente and urge Navy and missile program boosts while Kissinger defends current defenses. Rumsfeld notes U.S. has slipped to rough equivalence with the Soviets as Moscow expands its armed forces.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington
APS
United States
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
Henry M. Jackson
U.S. Navy
Georgia
Jimroy Carter
Atlantic
Carter
Kissinger
White House
John J. Kennedy
Pentagon
Donald M. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
U.S
Ford
Moscow
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
Brookings Institution
Europe
Borde T
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization