In addition, such republics must take steps to reduce the size of any military establishment on their soil and to decrease radically the priority accorded to defense expenditures.
This idea has traveled the establishment world, not just the graying lady and the highly exclusive (if you go by audience size) cable network, but also such liberal and establishment venues as the New Republic and the Atlantic.
Chamorro not only reduce the size of the existing Nicaraguan military establishment (2) but that she announce the creation of an entirely new national army.
It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people.
The above might normally be acceptable given a Washington whose oxygen is government spending, but not for a small government establishment that for years has paid lip service to the importance of reducing its size.