Session #101 · 1989–91

Speech #1010207661

Within the last decade the CIA estimates that the Kremlin has spent over $150 billion on its version of the SDI. During an interview with NBC news General Secretary Gorbachev admitted that the Soviets are working on their own SDI. According to respected Soviet dissident scientists. including some we in Congress helped emigrate. the Soviets devote much more of its efforts and resources into its SDI Program than we do Into ours. They also warned that the Soviet Union would likely continue to proceed with its SDI even if it signed an agreement not to. They recommend that we not yield on development of the strategic defense peace shield.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT LAGOMARSINO
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1990-09-17
Speech ID
1010207661
Paragraph
#0
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