Word: briefingate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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To be sure, a final agreement on the terms for release had not yet been signed by the U.S. and Iran. But the Iranians announced publicly that all of the major differences between the negotiators had been resolved. On Sunday morning U.S. time, Behzad Nabavi, Iran's chief hostage...
During a trip to Pakistan last year with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Warren M. Christopher sat quietly by while the flamboyant National Security Adviser seemed intent on humiliating him. Brzezinski stuck so close to Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq that Christopher did not even have a chance to present the Pakistani...
After Golda Meir's resignation as Prime Minister in 1974, Rabin defeated Peres for the party leadership, but by only 44 votes. Rabin was compelled to include Peres in his Cabinet as Defense Minister, but only with what he called "a heavy heart." Rabin did his best to keep...
At a press briefing heralding the Energy Department study, Glaser replied to all these objections. He pointed out that solar satellites, unlike power plants that would use nuclear fusion, need no major technological breakthroughs; the space program has already shown that the required scientific know-how exists. What of the...
On Thursday the Reagans called on the Carters. Meeting with his successor, the President ticked off his list of priorities, domestic and foreign, and spoke at length of Iran, the hostages and the Middle East. Carter also urged Reagan to back pending legislation that would provide a fund to clean...