Word: briefingate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although he still sidesteps discussions of global strategy, he has become knowledgeable enough to start taking the lead in briefing the President on national security affairs. And last week he made a rare, albeit unsuccessful, appearance on Capitol Hill to help Secretary of State George Shultz give a briefing on...
Clark's loyalties are steadfast only to Reagan. They seem to shift according to circumstance when other Administration officials are involved. For instance, after he moved to the NSC, Clark helped engineer the ouster of his former boss, Haig. In encouraging the President to vent his anger about the...
Who took Carter's briefing book? Who gives a hoot?
The current Washington ballyhoo over who took Jimmy Carter's briefing book [July 11] is nothing more than an attempt by Democrats to divert attention from the relevant issues. The Carter-Reagan debate did not determine who won or lost the presidency. The Democrat; are looking for something to...
In the investigation into how Reagan's political advisers got Jimmy Carter's debate briefing book, Michigan Congressman Donald Albosta, angry at White House refusals to give his subcommittee total access to all campaign files, threatened to use his subpoena power. The White House offered Albosta copies of...