Word: briefingate
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"Below the belt!" protested White House Spokesman David Gergen in a heated 45-minute briefing the following day. "To lay all of the problems that have been with this country for a long time on Ronald Reagan's doorstep, we think, is not fair," he added. Gergen sent two...
All three candidates have spent a considerable amount of time preparing for the debate Dukakis aides say he has devoted the last two days' exclusively to briefing. King aides returned to the books after Patriots' Day festivities.
The bipartisan bargainers hope to get O'Neill and Reagan together over breakfast soon to seal what is seen as the last chance for an economy-salvaging solution to the budget dilemma. Baker has been briefing his boss almost daily, and the President has shown signs that he is...
At a press briefing, Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel said that the summary was based on examinations of physical evidence, including environmental samples, as well as the testimony of eyewitnesses to yellow-rain attacks, journalists and doctors treating refugees. Said Stoessel of the use of these chemicals in Indochina...
Haig also found himself having trouble with the question of Soviet and Cuban participation in Central American negotiations. He feels the El Salvador struggle is part of the global problem of Soviet adventurism, and should be treated as such through talks with all parties involved. When he said this at...