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<text id=91TT1191>
<title>
June 03, 1991: American Notes:Defense
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
June 03, 1991 Date Rape
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 25
American Notes
DEFENSE
Is the B-2 Bombing?
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<p> The power of the purse is Congress's most effective weapon,
and the House last week wielded it like a double-bladed sword.
Although the House approved George Bush's request for $291
billion in total military spending next year, its version of the
1992 defense-spending bill axed the President's pet B-2 Stealth
bomber program and drastically cut funding for his Strategic
Defense Initiative antiballistic-missile project.
</p>
<p> The Administration had requested four new B-2s as part of
its goal of acquiring 75 of the bombers by the end of the
century; the House action would halt production at the 15
aircraft previously authorized. In cutting Star Wars spending
to $3.5 billion from the Administration's requested $5.2
billion, the House freed money for more conventional weapons.
The measure also authorized servicewomen to have abortions in
military clinics, at their own expense, and cleared female
pilots to fly combat missions at the discretion of their
services. All these issues are likely to be decided differently
when the Senate produces its bill, but Bush and Defense
Secretary Dick Cheney have both warned of a presidential veto
if the House version prevails.
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</body></article>
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