action was strong in 1953 and 1954. The United States had a monopoly in atomic weapons. The argument of the hawks was that we should trigger the war when it could be fought to our advantage, not wait until the Soviets also had the bomb. Ike refused to accept this argument. He insisted that it was too risky and unnecessary. He was a true believer in the Kennan doctrine that the communist system contained within itself the seeds of its own destruction.By the end of his first term, Eisenhower, after exploring every other possible course of action, took his policy back to where it had started four years earlier on containment.He had added to it two things of much importance. First, during his years he improved American military security with such projects as the Polaris submarine system, which provided a safe, secure, secondstrike capability and second, once he had a secure secondstrike system, he opened negotiations with the Soviets. He laid the groundwork for the day when they would be ready and willing to talk.Bo
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Mens Spyder Jackets est from Pacific Lumber to public ownership. All to the good, say environmentalists.But in exchange, Pacific Lumber gets $380 million in compensation in federal and state tax dollars as well as some tailormade rules for logging its remaining 200,000 acres of forest. The price tag, the terms for logging, and the interlocking nature of the whole deal make it a dangerous precedent, say opponents.Congress has already approved its $250 million portion, which will be paid once the state agrees to its $130 million share. That could come in the next couple of weeks if the California legislature includes it in the 1999 budget, now being finalized. Critics want it kept separate, realizing their concerns could get buried as part of an omnibus budget compromise.Many environmental groups believe the government should have strictly applied the rules of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which spells out conditions under which Pacific Lumber can log the Headwaters and surrounding lands that provide habitat to two threatened spec
North Face Boys' Casual Jackets ered a very, very small stick, said Senate majority leader Tom Daschle (D) of South Dakota on Tuesday.But whether the current environment represents a shift in Washington's culture on the scale of the New Deal which resulted in the creation of the modern Securities and Exchange Commission remains to be seen.With a midterm election only months away, both parties are trying to inoculate themselves against charges that they've sat on their hands, says Greg Casey, CEO of Washington's Business Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC).The situation ... requires a public policy response, he says, and it requires politicians to position themselves as having had a response.True, from the White House to Capitol Hill there's remarkable consensus today about general policy goals. Everybody who can read a tracking poll agrees on the need to balance the budget, fix Medicare, and (maybe) do something about campaignfinance abuses.Like so much in life, however, the problem lies in the particulars. Details still divide the
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