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Senator Kennedy warns against additional defense spending that will cause a "disproportionate share" of the costs to be borne by "the poor, the black, the sick, the young [why did he forget the old?], the cities and the unemployed." By my crude calculations, this leaves about 6% of us who...
As frustration about the plight of the hostages increased, there was a sense that the Administration should do something ?anything?to free them. The White House, for sound tactical and strategic reasons, rejected the military options (see box). There were demands for the mass deportation of the 50,000...
These improving relations were possible, in part, because the Carter Administration months earlier had quietly persuaded the deposed Shah not to seek permanent sanctuary in the U.S. Though reluctant to do so, the Administration had concluded that the Shah's safety could not be guaranteed against the thousands of Iranian...
(4 of 10) pilgrimage could have "negative consequences." At the same time, Bazargan's government twice assured Washington that Americans in Iran would be adequately protected against any reprisals.
On Sunday, Nov. 4, hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Tehran outside the U.S. embassy, a 27-acre compound surrounded by ten-and twelve-foot brick walls and secured with metal gates. The students, most of whom were unarmed, chanted anti-American slogans and carried banners: DEATH TO AMERICA IS...