Department of Defense Appropriations for ..., Part 5

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Page 459 - If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance, or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible * * *. Senator ANDERSON.
Page 497 - Autobiography, sadly remarked that "a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die...
Page 110 - Defense available for research, development, test, and evaluation, or procurement or production related thereto, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred...
Page 459 - Responsibility is a unique concept : It can only reside and inhere in a single individual. You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you. You may disclaim it, but you cannot divest yourself of it.
Page 17 - The interactions between land and air forces and between sea and air forces offer a particularly rich field of such applications. In limited war, better munitions, better command and communication capabilities, improved delivery systems to provide greater accuracy, and perhaps most important of all, improved target acquisition and tactical reconnaissance capabilities are required. (a) AIRCRAFT...
Page 110 - The emergency fund appropriation represents an important management tool which the Congress has provided for the Secretary of Defense. Such funds have proven to be very useful in the past and considering the rapidly changing and...
Page 640 - As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall.
Page 15 - The conduct of comprehensive, aggressive, and continuing underground nuclear test programs designed to add to our knowledge and improve our weapons in all areas of significance to our military posture for the future.
Page 654 - How many times do you have to hit a target with nuclear weapons? That is why when we are talking about spending this $2.5 billion, we don't think that we are going to get $2.5 billion worth of national security. Now, I know there are others who disagree, but that is our feeling. MR. HERMAN: As we move forward technically, Mr. President, new weapons systems and new...

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