Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is an ornery and outspoken conservative. Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, the ranking Democrat on Armed Services, is a cool and circumspect moderate. In one way, the two men are very much alike: throughout their careers they have steadfastly supported the U.S. military.
So when Goldwater and Nunn stood up on the Senate floor last week and joined forces to attack the performance and structure of the military establishment, the shock waves rippled clear across the Potomac to the innermost rings of the Pentagon. In eight sharply...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
