Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 1989: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, on H.R. 4781 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 |
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active AGR program AGR's Air Force Air National Guard aircraft allies American Legion appropriate areas ARMITAGE arms control Army base burdensharing capability Chairman STENNIS CHAMPUS civilian technicians combat command Committee Congress continue contract cost defense budget defense spending Department of Defense deployed deployment deterrent economic effective efforts employees equipment Federal fiscal force structure funding goals going ICBM improve increase INF Treaty initial IR&D issue Japan Japanese maintain MENETREY million missile mission modernization national security NATO NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION Navy nuclear operations percent personnel procurement proposed question readiness reduce region Republic of Korea request requirements Reserve Components Secretary CARLUCCI Senator D'AMATO Senator DECONCINI Senator JOHNSTON Senator SASSER Senator STEVENS ships South Korea Soviet Union statement strategic defense Strategic Defense Initiative subcommittee tactical Thank threat U.S. forces U.S. Senator United WHEREAS
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