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RICHARD VON Weizsacker seems to suffer from a double standard when it comes to his criminal father. Those who support the Harvard honor point to a speech he gave in 1985 after President Reagan agreed to visit Bitburg. In that speech, he appeared to acknowledge his own guilt and that of his generation...
...West German presidency is a ceremonial office and von Weizsacker on numerous occasions has commanded the necessary authority to counteract outbursts of hate in his country. This happened most recently after President Reagan's visit to a cemetery for German World War II veterans and SS officers, Bitburg. The visit justifiably caused an international furor, but one which led to a nationalistic reaction among Germans agitated by the attention brought to the Hitler years. In a widely praised and widely publicized speech, the 67-year old statesman took his nation--and his own political party--to task for trying...
...Reagan is really as detached from his policies as these incidents suggest, how do we explain his success as governor of California and his attainment of the highest presidential approval rating since FDR? Reagan has outstanding political instincts. He has prevented potential political disasters such as his visit to Bitburg, his joke and the killing of Marines in Lebanon from materializing because he has an incredible ability to control and manipulate touchy situations...
...lead West Germany's new era of good feeling. Under his leadership the Christian Democrats lost ground in seven of ten state elections between October 1982 and June 1986. The Chancellor's political future seemed uncertain after he met President Reagan in 1985 at the German military cemetery in Bitburg, where 49 members of the Nazi SS are buried. Kohl was threatened with prosecution last year for allegedly perjuring himself during testimony concerning the suspected bribery of public officials by the Flick industrial group. Things began turning around for Kohl last spring, when he was cleared of complicity...
...week an ABC News poll showed not only that 59% of the public disbelieved Reagan's answers but that his overall approval rating had fallen 10 points in the past two months, to 57%, the lowest since May 1985 in the wake of his visit to West Germany's Bitburg Cemetery...