Defense funds may shrink in budget effort
President Reagan faces cuts to defense spending as he seeks to balance the budget by 1984. Stockman denies proposing as much as 20 to 40 billion in 1983 and 1984, while Weinberger Meese and others discuss smaller reductions. The MX missile plan may be delayed or scaled back, with decisions due within weeks.
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Reagan eyes more cutting Washington
Reagan administration signals possible vetoes to force deeper budget cuts than Congress approved. Officials push departments to draft budgets aligned with his March proposals, aiming to reinstate rejected cuts and keep the 1984 balance vow.
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