Reagan bids for guns over butter in foreign policy
AP reports in four part series that Ronald Reagan argues the United States must boost defense spending to deter Soviet dominance. He faults Carter’s SALT II stance, argues the United States lags behind the Soviet Union, and vows a hard line on Taiwan, MX missiles, and a high readiness reserve. He backs Israel and the Olympic boycott but opposes a peacetime draft.
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United States
Soviet Union
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Reagan
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Tehran
Iran
Moscow
Israel
Panama
Anderson Rejects GM Scion's Help On Presidential Bid
John B. Anderson disowned Stewart Mott's campaign aid as disruptive and said Mott's expenditures should not count against his bid. Reagan courted eastern editors at a unity dinner while drafting talks with Hearst and Newsweek and rejected Europe travel. In other developments a ten member group agreed to assist Anderson in debates while Kennedy and Carter strategists refined the Democratic platform.
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Ilinois
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Massachusetts
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Ane
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nuclear alert details reveal two man rule and patch system
The June 3 alert shows SAC senior controllers ordering missile crews to remain at consoles and bomber crews to return to battle stations while engines were started but not taxied. A two man rule and layered communication, including a yellow alert line and patch wiring, ensured coordinated control. Delta Team quickly exposed a NORAD data fault. no threat existed and operations returned to routine.
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