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Yeah. And? You libs hated Reagan and the Mx missile, hated Star Wars, and generally wanted to roll over back then
It was Carter that started the Military build up and that was acknowledged by Reagan.
President Reagan today publicly acknowledged that his predecessor, President Carter, had recognized the need to rebuild the nation's armed forces.
At the same time Mr. Reagan, in his weekly radio speech, called on Congress to streamline the way it appropriated money for the Defense Department. The President said he agreed with a Presidential commission that there must be ''a better, more efficient way'' to handle military spending.
The highlight of the speech, however, was his conciliatory words about Mr. Carter. The former President has charged that Mr. Reagan ''habitually'' misstated his record on military modernization.
Mr. Reagan said today, ''When we first took office we inherited a Navy that had shrunk from nearly 1,000 ships to less than 500, and planes that couldn't fly for want of spare parts.'' Carter Proposal Cited
''My predecessor had called attention to this and had proposed a five-year expansion of the defense budget,'' Mr. Reagan continued. Recently, Mr. Reagan telephoned The New York Times and told a reporter that he felt ''very bad'' about Mr. Carter's criticisms, and he praised the former President's record on military preparedness.
