CBS Evening News - 1983-02-28
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[0:00] Five.
[0:02] >> Good evening. This is the CBS Evening
[0:03] News. Dan Rather reporting. The White
[0:05] House revealed today that President
[0:06] Reagan has ordered a broad review of US
[0:09] policy in Central America, including the
[0:11] strong possibility of an increase in the
[0:13] number and role of American military
[0:15] adviserss in El Salvador. Bob Sheeper
[0:18] has the details. The president arrived
[0:20] in California tonight as concern
[0:22] suddenly mounted both within the
[0:23] administration and on Capitol Hill over
[0:25] what to do about the worsening situation
[0:27] in El Salvador. On the flight from
[0:29] Washington, a senior Reagan aid told
[0:31] reporters on Air Force One, "The
[0:33] president is considering enlarging the
[0:35] force of 38 military advisers in El
[0:37] Salvador and perhaps expanding their
[0:39] role." Other officials said later the
[0:42] increase, if approved, would only
[0:43] involve a handful of new advisers who,
[0:45] like their comrades, would be barred
[0:47] from going into combat. But that
[0:49] disclosure came after congressional
[0:50] leaders were called to the White House
[0:52] earlier in the day and were told by the
[0:54] president that a bipartisan approach
[0:56] must be found to funnel perhaps as much
[0:58] as $60 million in new military aid to El
[1:01] Salvador. According to several who
[1:03] attended the meeting, the administration
[1:05] feels the Salvadoran army is still
[1:07] poorly trained and is not being
[1:09] aggressive enough while leftist rebel
[1:11] forces are getting better and better.
[1:13] The president made it clear that there
[1:15] is a serious problem in the region in
[1:18] respect to unrest,
[1:20] military conflict, civil strife.
[1:22] >> On Capitol Hil