
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 22, 1992                   TAG: 9203230178
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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PEACE DIVIDEND FROM MILITARY INVESTMENT

MEMBERS of Congress continue to speak about a "peace dividend" in terms of dollars and cents as they disassemble the country's military forces.

Peace is a dividend from an investment in a well-trained and -equipped military force.

History has proven, over a long period, that possessions (land, liberty or the TV set in the parlor) may be retained only as long as the owner is able to defend and protect them. JAMES P. GODSEY NEW CASTLE

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