Hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990--H.R. 2461 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session: Readiness Subcommittee Hearings on Title III--Operation and Maintenance : Hearings Held February 22, 23, 28, March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, 23, April 12, 19, 27, and May 3, 1989

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Page 381 - ... applicable law of the receiving State) and distributed among or credited or debited to the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty in the proportions in which they have contributed to the capital costs of the Headquarters. ARTICLE 10 Each Supreme Headquarters shall possess juridical personality ; it shall have the capacity to conclude contracts and to acquire and dispose of property.
Page 96 - I believe you were our final witnesses, and I want to thank all of the witnesses for their testimony today.
Page 563 - Chairman, it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to appear before you to discuss our programs and the requirements for fiscal year 1970.
Page 553 - UN address pointed out, by removing 5000 of the 10,000 tanks in the forward area, he would be shifting to a defensive posture. These are admissions of something the Soviets long have denied, that they have been an offensively posture military power.
Page 437 - That would be helpful to the committee if you could give us a statement for the record on the progress that you are making.
Page 230 - We will probably have more questions that we would like for you to answer for the record. [The following questions were submitted...
Page 534 - We lack the depth to carry out a more traditional strategy, in which a defender facing a numerically superior force trades space for the time needed to wear down the attacker and to organize a counter-attack. Forward defense contributes to...
Page 388 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a prepared statement which I have submitted to the committee, and I would like to make that a part of the record.
Page 534 - Flexible response incorporates three general responses to aggression: - Direct Defense seeks to defeat aggression on the level at which the enemy chooses to fight. It rests on physically preventing the enemy from taking what he wants and places the burden of escalation on him.
Page 171 - concept. " It is now the Total Force Policy which integrates the Active, Guard and Reserve forces into a homogenous whole.

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