US budget

Title

US budget

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jan 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s budget, which aims to reduce the national deficit by cutting public spending except in the area of defence, where spending on nuclear weapons is to increase. Includes interviews with US Treasury Secretary Donald Regan; Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger; Republican Senator Paul Laxalt. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Caspar Weinberger; Donald Regan; Paul Laxalt

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Public expenditure; Ronald Reagan; State budget

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