Department of Defense appropriations for 1989: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second sessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 |
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active Admiral BAGGETT Admiral EDNEY Admiral HAYS Air Force aircraft allies appropriated Army BERTEAU BOB LIVINGSTON bonus budget capability Chairman CHAMPUS CHAPPELL Chief Master Sergeant Chief PLACKETT civilian combat command commitments committee Congress Congressional continue conventional cost CRIST Department of Defense deployed DICKS Djibouti employees end strength enlisted equipment Europe facilities families fiscal year 1988 funding GALVIN going HICKEY housing allowance impact improve increase INF Treaty look manpower Marine Corps McDADE military million missiles move MURTHA NATO NATO's Naval Navy nuclear officer operations overseas Pacific pay raise percent Persian Gulf personnel pilots problem readiness recruiting reductions reenlistment requirements retention SABO security assistance ships soldiers Soviet Soviet Union strategy strength reductions submarine talking temporary threat United USCENTCOM Warsaw Pact weapons WOERNER workload
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