PURSE-STRING FOREIGN POLICY?

TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson, who canvassed military officials today, says Army officials and GOP legislators may be teaming up against the Clinton Administration. Neither the Army nor key GOP leaders, Thompson says, want U.S. forces sent to what they see as budget-eating,"rinky-dink" missions to hot spots like Haiti. "The military now knows it has a sympathetic ear in Congress, so there's a tacit alliance already taking shape," he says. And the next Haiti? "It's going to be much, much tougher."Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board.