meeting to hammer out a new understanding about consolidating and coordinating the military roles admissions for the 1990s and beyond. My ad istration will make security and savings compatible.
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will reduce forces, but maintain a credible presence in Europe and Asia. We will stand up for our interests, but we will share
Where it's possible, through multilateral efforts to secure the peace, such as NATO and a new voluntary U.N. rapid deployment force, in Bosnia, (inaudible) Cambodia, and other
(inaudible) of the world multilateral action holds promise as never before. And the U.N. deserves full and appropriate contributions from all the major powers. It is time for our friends to bear more of the burden.
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new security strategy will also ensure our defense industry can supply the weapons and technology Americans may need in the future.
Again, I think this administration lacks any such strategic sense. We are letting major production lines go cold for everything from tanks to planes to submarines, often ignoring the industrial capacities they represent. We can't keep every production line and military lab open, but we must define the core skills and industry critical for our country's security. We must illuminate needless military specifications that will make defense production so unique, separate and expensive. We should pro assume new technology with both civilian and defense uses. And we should also pursue a (star?) upgrade program to keep current lines operating and start limited production for next generation equipment.
We mustn't forget that the American heros of the Cold War whose lives will be (inaudible)
upside down as our forces shrink.
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There is today no serious plan to help our defense workers and military personnel to make a transition to a civilian economy. I have such a plan. For example, I support incentives for military personnel to earn military retirement by taking jobs as teachers and police officers, as Senator Nunn (ph) has suggested. I want to help
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I want to help re-train defense technicians for work in critical civilian fields, such as biotechnology, renewable energy and environmental clean up.
The Pentagon today stands as American's best use training program. Our most potent research center and the most fully integrated institution in American life. It's time to put those. assets to work at home.