March 2000

Vol. 83, No. 3

Aerospace World

New Defense Budget Unveiled President Clinton’s eighth and final DoD budget proposes spending of $291.1 billion. If enacted as is, the Fiscal 2001 DoD plan would bring a 1 percent real defense increase-the first ever requested by this Administration. Congress...

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“Flare-up” in Taiwan Strait “Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui … declared last July that his island’s relations with the mainland should be conducted under the rubric of ‘state-to-state’ rather than ‘one China.’ Lee’s statement has China deeply worried that Taiwan’s return...