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In a briefing after the Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting, State Department spokesman Charles Redman refused to say whether the divisive issue of an arms embargo was discussed.
Unlike the right-wing activists who hail Bork for his ideological bent, Reagan and his men have gone out of their way to present the nominee as a mainstream jurist who decides cases with a completely open mind. "If you want someone with Justice Powell's detachment and statesmanship," said...
The staff of the Democratic-led Judiciary Committee promptly responded with a 72-page study of its own. It criticized the White House report for its "major inaccuracies" and "omissions" regarding Bork's record. Citing scores of Bork's articles and decisions, the report defines the nominee as an "extremely...
Nonetheless, the conventional military never felt comfortable with either King's or Longhofer's units. Seaspray and ISA were deliberately excluded from the 1983 invasion of Grenada by a Navy commander who claimed that he was not familiar with what they were or what they could do. Defenders of the...
At that very moment, the perfect candidate for many Southern Democrats was traveling with his wife and 20-year-old daughter in Europe. In mid-August, Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia left Washington with his brown leather briefcase filled with memos and briefing papers discussing a putative presidential candidacy. Thoughtful...