Clinton provides outline of defense spending cuts

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Pres Bill Clinton has furnished Congress with the details of his plan to reduce defense expenditures. The plan calls for a $127 billion cut in the previous budget submitted by former Pres George Bush. The proposal woud cut defense spending by $88 billion. The savings would be realized by freezing the annual Strategic Defense Initiative funding and by cutting down the number of active US troops. Clinton's total defense budget would reach $263.5 billion for FY 1994.

Clinton, Bill, Statistics, Defense spending

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves START

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) for full approval by the whole body. Although two more Senate committees have yet to submit their findings on START, the approval was viewed as a significant step towards the eventual ratification of the agreement. However, the committee also proposed an amendment regarding verification procedures to the treaty.

Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, 1982-1992

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