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...statement on Casey was a compromise. Some Senators, including Washington's Henry Jackson, Texas' Lloyd Bentsen and Rhode Island's John Chafee, had urged the committee to express its "absolute confidence" in Casey. Others, including Goldwater, New York Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Delaware Democrat Joseph Biden, wanted to avoid any pronouncement until the investigation of Casey's background was complete. Instead, the committee found him merely "not unfit" to continue...
...room." He served on the committee for six years. Muskie's role in the Administration rather than his views on specific policy issues seemed to be on most Senators' minds. They urged him not to be upstaged by National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Said Delaware Democrat Joseph Biden: "I hope that you will walk into the President's [office] and tell him that if he doesn't support you, you'll leave." New York Republican Jacob Javits assured Muskie of congressional backing if he gets into a squabble with Brzezinski. Replied Muskie: "Since...
...emerge stronger, it will have to take into account the changing global situation and the new power relationships among the allies. Says former Japanese Foreign Minister Kiichi Miyazawa: "The U.S. must recognize the plurality of interests of her allies and accept the consequences." Delaware's Senator Joseph R. Biden suggests the U.S. should be prepared to share its oil supplies with allies whose flow is curtailed because they backed American policy in the Middle East. Says Biden: "If we call the tune, then we've got to be willing to pay the piper." The clock cannot be turned back...
...merits, the White House was clearly linking the pact to NATO concerns last week. If the treaty is rejected, Administration spokesmen declared, Western Europe might face the breakdown of NATO and eventual "Finlandization," as its members seek private accommodations with the Soviet Union. Warned Delaware Democrat Joe Biden, a leading pro-SALT Senator: "Our NATO allies have had their confidence shaken by our slow response to the energy crisis, by the decline of the dollar, and by what they perceive as American foreign policy setbacks. For the U.S. to repudiate SALT would send through Europe the most profound...
Will the U.S. be able to catch the Soviets if they cheat under the SALT II treaty? The answer may determine the fate of the arms limitation accord in the Senate. As the Foreign Relations Committee ended its second week of hearings on the pact, Delaware Democrat Joseph Biden said last week: "Verification is going to be the cutting issue of the committee's vote on the treaty and ultimately on the Senate floor...