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Show Page - 22 THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, Tuesday, December 13. 1983 President Defends Use of Military Might - NEW YORK (UPI) President Reagan, facing a rising Lebanon death toll, defended his use of niilitary might Monday, telling a group of war heroes the price of "tuiuiii i3 mgii Dui newr so costly as the loss of freedom." History, Reagan said, offers a "Weak"crystal clear" lesson ness on the part of those who cherish freedom inevitably hrinp on a threat to that freedom." Reagan, in remarks prepared for the 1983 convention of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, trumpeted a familiar theme of "peace through strength" just days after the bodies of the latest American casualites in Lebanon arrived home. His remarks, delivered amid intense security, followed the bombing of. the U.S. Embassy in the Persian Gulf state of Kuwait, part of a wave of terrorism officials fear may endanger Reagan. The president alluded both to the U.S. troops in Lebanon, who have suffered more than 250 fatalities in the last three months of peace-keepinand to the American-led invasion of Grenada as combat troops began their scheduled departure from the Caribbean island. g, "The price of freedom is high," Reagan said, "but never so costly as the loss of freedom, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinctioa Each must do whatever is necessary to preserve it and then pass it on to the next. "And that means dealing with the world as it is, not as we would like it to be." The charitable group the president addressed is composed of the 259 living recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for battlefield bravery. The medal has been awarded 3,414 times since the Civil War. The sympathetic audience Reagan received the group's "patriot" award afforded the president an opportunity to defend his foreign policy at a critical time. Reagan's political advisers, with an eye on the 1984 elections, have said public concern over Lebanon is showing up in otherwise rosy gen-tratio- n non-prof- it poll results. four-ho-ur Security during Reagan's the visit to New York was eighth of his presidency extremely tight. During a trip to Indianapolis last week, downtown streets were blocked to traffic, not with rubber traffic cones or motorcycle police, but with snow teens plows and sand trucks. Reagan told a group of political supporters last week he believes there are as many as 1,000 "kamikaze" terrorists in Lebanon prepared to launch more bomb attacks like the one that killed 240 Marines in Beirut Oct. 23. The president told the veterans his arms multibillion-dolla- r buildup has strengthened the nation's security and declared, "Our military forces are back on their feet and standing tall." "We do none of this because we seek war," Reagan said. "Indeed we hope it will preserve the peace, but when our citizens are threatened it is government responsibility to go to their aid. We did so in Grenada." "Now the world knows that when it comes to our national security, the United States will do whatever it takes to protect the safety and freedom of the American people" Reagan scoffed at critics of his defense a result. Texas ! I - WASHINGTON (UPI) President Reagan is making final decisions on his fiscal 1985 budget, with some reports suggesting the deficit will be close to 190 billion and may include a contingency tax spending, the official said. But he insisted "there is not going to be the dramatic increase of 22 percent" in the defense budget. "It will be somewhat less," he said. "' "We re in the appeals process," said an administration official. Meese told reporters Thursday the Pentagon budget "was so small" in 1984, "I can't help but hope that in 1985, it will be bigger." He said the "real increase" in defense spending in 1984 was 3 increase. said department and agency heads are arguing against proposed cuts in their budget. "There are a lot of major appeals this year." The official, who asked not to be identified, stressed that not all the final decisions have been made, although some of the budget estimates are pretty much He non-milita- set. Reagan was expected to approve the final draft of the budget by the end of the month. Some of the key figures may be unveiled in the president's state of the union address Jan. 23 when Congress returns. The new budget will be presented to Congress in early February. The Washington Post reported Reagan will send Congress a spending blueprint with a deficit close to $190 billion that will continue to reflect the big gap between expenditures and tax revenues despite the economic recovery. The New York Times reported Reagan is expected to slash spending about $8 billion and to cut Medicare and other programs by $4 billioa non-milita-ry Presidential counselor Edwin percent and condemned the "years of negligence preceding Ronald Reagan." "I believe the president does feel it should be bigger," Meese said. Reagan is expected to include in his next defense budget an outlay to start research and development on a new defense system in space, sometimes called the "Star Wars" concept, tt is expected to take some 15 years to develop. The Times said Reagan will propose no new major program initiatives in the new budget, but he may seek approval of initial funds for a space station requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It said the contingency tax proposal would go into effect only if certain conditions were met. The 1984 proposal required that Congress approve the spending cuts proposed by Reagan, that deficits were still more than 2.5 percent of the gross national product and that the economy was still growanti-missi- le ing. a through your tolovlslon. III a - TI-9- 94 NOW BACK IN STOCK THE STATE'S LARGEST HOME COMPUTER DEALER! AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR 1 ATW4Q0 I . OH 0 ATARI' 400 After RatMte) 1027 PRINTER y o Now Atari, mdudoo kitortocel on In market, DISK DRIVE FOR ATARI, NOW IN STOCK! HURRY IN WHILE SUPPLIES LAST 3 NEW! For Atari or Commodore computers. 6 Compioto with ooftworo. - Navy aircraft carriers and their warplanes are not combat ready because of shortages of weapons and equipment despite higher naval budgets. The Navy plans to make up the shortfalls in future budgets and eliminate the problems but between the years 1988-90, "the carrier fleets' deployabil-it- y is significantly impaired" in the meantime, said a report by the General Accounting Office that was made available Friday. The report by the e- congressional investigative is a stunning indictment of Navy practices in budgeting for the war readiness of its carrier fleet and in agency calculating whether its air wings are capable of fulfilling their combat mission. It suggested the Navy's chief problem in failing to meet shortages has been its concentration on buying new ships in trying to meet its goal of Navy by acquiring a the end of the decade and not spending enough on operations and maintenance. "At issue is whether ... the Navy has achieved an adequate balance in the allocation of its resources between readiness and sustainability of existing forces on the one hand and expansion and modernization of the forces on the other," it 600-shi- p said. Underscoring the report's criticisms, a confidential memorandum from the naval commander of air warfare in San Diego, Calif., to Pentagon headquarters complained that its squadron of new FA-1- 8 aircraft only was 40 percent mission capable during the week of Nov. 8 because of delaypd deliveries of spare parts and equipment. 2-- "Since accomplishment of (the squadron's) crucial pilot training is a direct function of aircraft availability, the noted declining trend in (mission capable) rates must be reversed," the Nov. 14 memoran- dum said. Both documents were made available to United Press International Friday by defense sources. The director of the Navy Planning Office, Rear Adm. Carlisle Trost, told reporters the GAO document only was "partially correct. Part of the problem with this is that its findings are out of date." The GAO report, dated August, said the Navy, "given current levels of essential resources ... will have difficulty" meeting its goal of deploying 12 aircraft carriers within 64 days after the outbreak of a war though it can successfully operate four or five of the ships during peacetime. The Navy now has 14 operational carriers, only eight of which could meet readiness air-to-a- 1 Texas $2 1 49 However, the official said a requirements 33 days after the start of war "if significant amounts of material were transferred from shore stations and training squadrons," the document said. "In summary," it said, "the Navy's ability to meet its most demanding wartime requirements of 12 fully capable aircraft carriers deployed within 64 days after hostilities start is inhibited by shortages of critical resources." 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