In a half-dozen major areas, from job legislation to the MX missile to Social Security, the lawmakers were able to succeed by seeking accommodations across party lines.

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Obtained secrets about at least seven separate U.S. nuclear weapons and warheads, including several nuclear warheads still at the core of the U.S. arsenal, like the W-87 for the MX missile and those used on U.S. Minuteman long-range missiles, and on submarine-based Trident nuclear missiles.

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Mr. Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran who became a war protester, did defend some of his record yesterday, saying he had voted for the biggest Pentagon and intelligence budgets in U.S. history but had also challenged President Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense as well as some weapons systems such as the MX missile.

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