 January 7 - Carlucci Sends Congress Base-Closing Plan |
| January 7 - Hill Backs Downing of Libyan MiGs |
| January 7 - Savvy Legislator Murtha Moves to Spotlight |
| January 7 - Senate OK Asked for Anti-Terrorism Treaties |
| January 28 - 'No Conflict ... I Have No Interest' |
| January 28 - Tower Offers Assurances on Policies, Finances |
| February 4 - Questions of Conduct Delay Vote on Tower |
| February 11 - Financial Dealings Examined: Vote on Nomination of Tower Delayed by New Allegations |
| February 18 - Bush Era Brings Uncertainty To the Liberal Coalition |
| February 18 - Will Bush-Hill Honeymoon Bring Bipartisanship? |
| February 25 - 'Fair Pricing' for Arms |
| February 25 - Senate Panel Deals Bush His First Big Defeat |
| February 25 - Tower Fight Slows the Bush Team |
| March 4 - Alcohol and the Armed Services |
| March 4 - Committee Report on Tower Shows Clear Party Split |
| March 4 - For Dodd, a Personal Dilemma? |
| March 4 - Senate Wages Partisan Duel On Fitness, Prerogatives |
| March 4 - The Teflon Senator Slugs It Out |
| March 11 - BASE CLOSINGS: House Panel Backs Realignment List |
| March 11 - Japan's Technology |
| March 11 - Senate Spurns Bush's Choice In a Partisan Tug of War |
| March 11 - The New Nominee: Dick Cheney |
| March 11 - U.S. Japanese Warplane Deal Raises a Welter of Issues |
| March 18 - BASE CLOSINGS: Pain in Members' Home States Fails to Move Minds on Hill |
| March 18 - Proposed 'Mini Marshall Plan' Encounters Budget Strains |
| March 18 - Senate Speeds Confirmation Of New Pentagon Chief |
| March 25 - Bush, Hill Agree to Provide Contras With New Aid |
| March 25 - Dogged if Futile Trench War Planned by Some on Hill |
| March 25 - TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE: Bush Seeking to Modify Deal For Japanese Warplanes |
| April 1 - House Panel Taking a Look At Night Vision Goggles |
| April 1 - Phase-One Scenarios (chart) |
| April 1 - Political Struggles Over SDI Set to Enter New Phase |
| April 1 - SECTION NOTES: B-1B Bomber Fleet Grounded After Wing Mishap |
| April 1 - SECTION NOTES: U.S.-Japanese Talks Stall, But Jet Deal's Still On |
| April 8 - Department's No. 2 Man Given Plaudits - and Admonition |
| April 8 - Senators Question Savings To Be Realized by List |
| April 15 - BASE CLOSINGS: Opponents Wage Uphill Battle |
| April 22 - Defense Spending Decisions Sure to Stir Controversy |
| April 22 - SECTION NOTES: House Vote Clears the Way For Base Closings |
| April 22 - THE PENTAGON: Bush Team: Records Bespeak Pragmatism, Not Ideology |
| April 29 - Bush's Revisions May Augur Policy Shifts in Future |
| April 29 - Deal Reached on FS-X |
| April 29 - SECTION NOTES: Law-Enforcement Liability, Military Malpractice |
| April 29 - Winners and Losers Among Programs In Bush's New Budget for Pentagon |
| May 6 - Bush Administration Officials Defend Accord With Japan |
| May 6 - Germans' Stance on Missiles Puts Bush in Tight Spot |
| May 6 - Old Issue, New Political Equation (chart) |
| May 6 - Where the Bombs Are: |
| May 13 - Bush's Cuts Would Take Away Some Hometown Bacon |
| May 13 - How the Budget Pie Was Sliced (chart) |
| May 20 - U.S.-Japan Fighter-Jet Deal Is Cleared for Takeoff |
| May 27 - 'Top Gun': Outgunned in Long Run? |
| May 27 - ARMS CONTROL: Bush, on More Positive Note, Leaves for NATO Summit |
| May 27 - Hill Friends Fighting to Save Endangered Fighter Jet |
| May 27 - SECTION NOTES: Armitage, Choice for Army, Withdraws Nomination |
| June 3 - Bush Acts to Meet Challenge Of Gorbachev Diplomacy |
| June 3 - Sides in East-West Arms Control Minuet Bringing Their Steps Closer Together |
| June 3 - Summit Leaders Issue Outline Of NATO's Past, Future |
| June 10 - TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE: Hill Puts Strings on FS-X Deal, But Bush Holds Veto Card |
| June 17 - 'Saving' Days and Dollars |
| June 17 - NOMINATIONS: After Delays, Senate Confirms Envoys Burt, Negroponte |
| June 17 - Party Battle Lines Are Fuzzy In House Defense Debate |
| June 24 - Bolstering the 2-Missile Strategy |
| June 24 - CAMBODIA: On Arms Issue, A Tug of War |
| June 24 - Current Strategic Arms |
| June 24 - The Politics of Procurement Creates New Alliances |
| June 24 - U.S. START Negotiators Focus On Verification Procedures |
| June 24 - U.S. Still Will Back Savimbi Despite Cease-Fire Pact |
| July 1 - House Votes Authorization Bill In Show of Bipartisanship |
| July 1 - PALAU: House Votes Compact and Aid, But Time Obstacles Loom |
| July 1 - Saving Some Projects, Panel Bites the Funding Bullet |
| July 8 - Aspin, Panel Seek a Balance In Era of Tough Choices |
| July 15 - Senate Committee Affirms Cheney's Weapons Cuts |
| July 15 - With House Floor Debate Near, Cheney Argues for 'Stealth' |
| July 22 - APPROPRIATIONS: Defense Panel Axes Funding For Troubled New Fighter |
| July 22 - Bush Team Tries to Protect 'Stealth' Bomber Program |
| July 22 - Panel Urges Executive Branch To Boost Anti-Spy Efforts |
| July 29 - After Setbacks in the House, Bush Playing Catch-Up |
| July 29 - Defense Issues Checklist (chart) |
| July 29 - House Deals Bush Team Blows On Missiles, Weapons Cuts |
| July 29 - One Base Gets a Break |
| July 29 - Senate Defense Measure Sticks Closer to Bush Blueprint |
| August 5 - Challenge to Base Closings Fizzles on House Floor |
| August 5 - Citing Budget Austerity, House Chops Weapons Programs |
| August 5 - Military Construction Funding (chart) |
| August 5 - SECTION NOTES: Senate GOP Delays Any Effort To Thwart FS-X Bill Veto |
| August 5 - Senate Defense Bill Portends Tough Fights With House |
| August 5 - Super Pay for Super Specialists |
| August 12 - Defense |
| August 12 - Disputes Over Old, New Spy Gear |
| August 12 - House Measure Would Redirect Pentagon Weapons Priorities |
| August 12 - House Panel Claims Its Right To CIA Inquiry Reports |
| August 12 - Military to Count in Census |
| August 12 - NOMINATIONS: Bush Makes a Popular Choice In Powell for Joint Chiefs |
| August 12 - Pentagon Appropriations (chart) |
| September 2 - Along the Border, a Staggering Face-Off |
| September 2 - Issue of U.S. Troop Strength Is Being Revived on Hill |
| September 16 - Budget Squeeze Sets the Stage For Defense Money Fights |
| September 16 - Construction Bill Voted |
| September 16 - Defense Authorization Dealing Gets Off to a Slow Start |
| September 16 - Skirting a Procedural Dilemma |
| September 16 - TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE: Bush Veto of FS-X Conditions Barely Survives in Senate |
| September 23 - Military Construction (chart) |
| September 23 - NICARAGUA: Democrats Want More Details On Election Aid Plan |
| September 23 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Confirms Colin Powell For Joint Chiefs Post |
| September 23 - SECTION NOTES: Shevardnadze Visit Raises Summit Expectations |
| September 23 - SECTION NOTES: Washington Turf Fight Ties Up ACDA Authorization |
| September 23 - Senate Panel Adds Its Support To Bush Defense Program |
| September 30 - In the Works: Sanctions |
| September 30 - JORDAN: Arms Aid Promise Is Being Honored |
| September 30 - On Base Closings, No Hill Reprieve |
| September 30 - Significance of Jackson Hole Talks Is One More of Tone Than Substance |
| September 30 - U.S.-Soviet Initiatives Revive Interest in Nerve Gas Ban |
| September 30 - With an Eye to Conference, Senate Zigzags on SDI |
| October 7 - Conference Over Defense Bill: |
| October 7 - Gramm-Rudman Scenario (chart) |
| October 7 - Out of the Game: the CIA |
| October 7 - PANAMA: Failed Coup Against Noriega Stirs Hill Frustrations |
| October 7 - Spending Bill in the Wings, for Now |
| October 14 - ARMS SALES: Saudi Tank Deal In the Pipeline |
| October 14 - ARMS SALES: Third Try to Close Iran Loophole |
| October 14 - Bush Backtracks on Timing of Ban |
| October 14 - Senate Panel Seeks Sanctions On Nerve Gas Producers |
| October 21 - House Conferees and Cheney At Odds Over Key Issues |
| October 21 - SECTION NOTES: Korean President Warns Hill Against Troop Cutback |
| October 28 - APPROPRIATIONS: Burden-Sharing Concerns Spur |
| October 28 - SECTION NOTES: House Votes, Again, to Tighten Controls on Arms Sales |
| October 28 - Soviets' Admission on Radar: A Disarming Maneuver? |
| November 4 - CHEMICAL WEAPONS: Making Concessions to Bush, Panel Backs Sanctions Bill |
| November 4 - SECTION NOTES: Defense Production Act Extended 10 Months |
| November 4 - THE PENTAGON BUDGET: Bush Team Takes a Hit on SDI, But Prevails on Other Items |
| November 4 - U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS: East Bloc Is the Likely Focus Of Non-Summit Summit |
| November 11 - Cheney Gets Praise on Hill, But Easy Part Is Over |
| November 11 - Companion Money Bill |
| November 11 - Defense Authorizations (chart) |
| November 11 - Officials Paint Stark Picture Of Gramm-Rudman Cuts |
| November 11 - The Early Reviews |
| November 11 - Triggering a Process of Triage, Conferees Pare Weapons |
| November 18 - A Clash Over Philosophy, Turf |
| November 18 - Defense Conferees Drag Feet On Sacrificing Weapons |
| November 18 - Funds for Major Defense Programs (chart) |
| November 18 - INTELLIGENCE: Access to Secrets Goes to Speaker |
| November 18 - INTELLIGENCE: Covert-Action Issue Finessed On Authorization Measure |
| November 18 - SECTION NOTES: Defense Authorization Bill Cleared for President |
| November 18 - SECTION NOTES: House Approves Bill to Punish Countries on Nerve Gas |
| November 18 - SECTION NOTES: Nominee for Nuclear Arms Post Faces Tough Opposition |
| November 18 - Upheavals in East Bloc Fuel Momentum for Arms Cuts |
| November 25 - Conventional Forces in Europe (chart) |
| November 25 - European Ferment Ups Ante For Bush and Gorbachev |
| November 25 - Key Topics: Events in Eastern Europe And Some Recurring Old Questions |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Bush Signs $286 Billion Bill For Pentagon Spending |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Intelligence Bill Sent to Bush |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Action on Stello Put Off to Next Year |
| December 2 - Anti-Terrorist Provisions |
| December 2 - Congress Finally Clears Way For Limited Independence |
| December 2 - Congress Slow to Alter Laws Over Iran-Contra Abuses |
| December 2 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Defense |
| December 2 - SECTION NOTES: Chemical-Arms Sanctions Bill Casualty of Turf Dispute |
| December 9 - A Shift on Chemical Arms |
| December 9 - Congress Likely to Be on Board For New Arms-Limit Pacts |
| December 9 - Malta Summit Adds Impetus For Arms, Trade Pacts |
| December 9 - PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE: Bush Vows NATO, U.S. Role During Europe's Turmoil |
| December 9 - Scoresheet on START Talks Shaped by Reagan's Beliefs |
| December 9 - START Issues: Short List |
| December 16 - Hill Panel Leaders Prod Bush On Long-Range Strategy |
| December 16 - New Challenge to Contra Aid |
| December 16 - Waxing, Waning of Threat Shapes NATO-Force Debate |
| December 23 - Invasion, Noriega Ouster Win Support on Capitol Hill |
| December 23 - Members Speak Out on Panama |
| December 23 - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Objective Is To Bring Noriega To U.S. Justice, Bush Says |
| December 23 - U.S. Incursions Since 1900 |
| December 30 - SECTION NOTES: Bush Sets No Time Limit On Troops in Panama |
