Bush defends USA high defence budget

Title

Bush defends USA high defence budget

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

8 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:54

Description

Nick Peters reports on US President George H.W. Bush being put under pressure over changes in the USSR - his high spending on the defence budget can no longer be attributed to needs of the Cold War. Includes speech by Bush; CBS news presenter interview with USSR Communist Party Central Committee spokesman on the budget. For Brian Widlake programme.

Contributors

Nick Peters; George H. W. Bush

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Politics; USSR; International relations; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Defence policy; Strategic Defense Initiative

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