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...idea for the unprecedented joint endorsement had come from the Helms campaign. Ambassador to the Organization of American States J. William Middendorf II, who helped organize the effort, noted that Helms' views are "as respected as anyone's in Washington." The American Foreign Service Association issued a statement saying: "Such an endorsement demonstrates a regrettable failure to grasp that to be effective, an ambassador must represent the entire nation, not just one segment." At the State Department, the prevailing sentiment was summed up by a senior official: " 'Stupid' and 'tacky' are the operative words...
...independent foreign policy. East Germany seems to have been singled out for special treatment. One of China's most able diplomats, Ma Xusheng, the former director of the Soviet Union and East European affairs department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, was recently posted to East Berlin as Ambassador...
...Salvador funeral home, a casket the color of a polished bayonet was lifted into the hearse. Fifteen minutes later, the somber parade arrived at the Church of Perpetual Help. The pews filled quickly. President José Napoleón Duarte slipped in by a side aisle, while U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering took a seat near the back. All had come to honor Lieut. Colonel Domingo Monterrosa Barrios, a man whose title only partly explained his importance. "Domingo was a good man," said the Rev. Manuel Vega in his eulogy. "Yesterday, today and for all times, Domingo is a patriot...
Walburg Professor of Economics Emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith--who served as U.S. ambassador to India in the Kennedy Administration and was a personal friend of the world leader--called Gandhi "a person of deep intelligence and great political acumen...
...News Producer George Crile and Correspondent Mike Wallace willfully ignored evidence that supported him. To bolster his attack, Westmoreland's attorney Dan Burt summoned as witnesses both Rostow, who had given a three-hour interview to CBS that was left on the cutting-room floor, and former Special Ambassador Robert Komer, who was not even questioned by the CBS producers...