The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, February 6, 19, 20, 25; March 5, 24; and April 30, 1992, المجلد 4،الصفحات 84-85U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 658 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 385 - Our final supporting capability is reconstitution. In the event of a reversal of favorable trends in the world — especially in the former Soviet Union — the United States will face the formidable challenge of building new forces in response. We will need to lay away elements of our current forces' equipment and our military infrastructure, protect the defense industrial base, sustain a cadre of quality leaders, and invest in basic science and high-payoff technologies. We must also keep in mind...
الصفحة 386 - War is over, we will soon begin a major airlift of food and other aid under Operation Provide Hope to citizens in the former Soviet Union. Security Assistance. The bonds of collective security can be strengthened greatly through programs designed to aid friends and allies and to meet the needs of their countries. Through security assistance, the United States can demonstrate commitment, reinforce alliance cohesion, build upon bilateral relations, and provide a moderating influence vital to regional...
الصفحة 322 - US commitment and lend credibility to our alliances, to deter aggression, enhance regional stability, promote US influence and access, and, when necessary, provide an initial crisis response capability. Forward presence is vital to the maintenance of the system of collective defense by which the US has been able to work with our friends and allies to protect our security interests, while minimizing the burden of defense spending and of unnecessary arms competition. Forward presence often involves...
الصفحة 324 - We cannot anticipate that a future adversary will give us the time to prepare for a major operation. For example, had Saddam Hussein kept moving south after he seized Kuwait, it would have been immensely harder for us to defeat his forces and protect Western interests. Regional conflicts will increasingly be complicated by increases in both the conventional and unconventional capabilities in the Third World. During the Gulf War we faced an adversary armed with chemical and biological weapons. Although...
الصفحة 300 - IB percent, the lowest level in 40 years. The defense budget would fall by 1997 to 3.4 percent of GNP, by far the lowest level since before Pearl Harbor. We based those sweeping reductions not on the somewhat sobering prospects of the early winter of 1991, when war loomed in the Gulf and Soviet reformers were under siege, but on the promise of change symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall 15 months...
الصفحة 5 - The Cold War has ended, and we now have a chance to forge a democratic peace, an enduring peace built on shared values - democracy and political and economic freedom. The strength of these values in Russia and the other new independent states will be the surest foundation for peace - and the strongest guarantee of our national security - for decades to...
الصفحة 331 - blue-water" antisubmarine (ASW) systems and to countering foreign ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). The improved SSN-688 submarine is among the most capable in the world and will serve the nation well for many years more. To conserve scarce shipbuilding resources, DoD plans to adopt a lower-cost design that will enable it co modernize, yet maintain adequate submarine force levels.
الصفحة 334 - DoD has proposed legislation to enable it to sell up to $650 million of excess materials per year and to use the proceeds and available cash balances to fund high priority environmental projects. The Department also seeks legislation permitting the Secretary to impose a moratorium on unneeded NDS purchases. Base closure and realignment. The Department's recent announcement brings to 441 the number of overseas bases and sites that will be returned to host nations, with another 51 that will be reduced...
الصفحة 239 - The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 am, in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Dante B. Fascell, presiding.
الصفحة 382 - Forces; special operations forces; and pre-positioned equipment and supplies. Basic Military Supporting Capabilities Potent though these four force packages will be, they are highly dependent upon, and incomplete without, basic supporting capabilities: Transportation, Space, Reconstitution, and Research and Development. Transportation. Regional focus, flexible and adaptive planning and reduced forward presence have all combined to significantly increase our reliance on transportation and the strategic...