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The questions would not go away. But every time a Reagan Administration official tried to clarify the U.S.'s role in the Persian Gulf last week, the issue only grew muddier. Finally Ronald Reagan appeared in the White House briefing room Friday afternoon to justify his policy in the wake...
What is a nervous Senator or Congressman to do? He has picked his best blue suit, his most sincere red tie and perhaps has even gone under the sunlamp in quest of a TV tan. His frenzied staff has churned out briefing books and questions. But even with all these...
Clearly taken by surprise, Shultz replied that such sweeping proposals must be discussed with American allies in Western Europe, whose security is at stake. But the more he and President Reagan pondered Gorbachev's offer, the more tempting it seemed. Meeting with the press back in the U.S. on Thursday...
Wedtech also retained Nofziger, who had left the White House in January 1982 to set up one of Washington's ubiquitous consulting firms. In May, Nofziger wrote a letter on behalf of the company to Meese's chief deputy, James Jenkins; the letter appears to have violated a law that...
Washington was aware of the problem: White House sources say the issue has been raised repeatedly in recent years. Before the Geneva summit in November 1985, the senior White House staff received a National Security Council briefing on the Soviet Union's techniques for electronic surveillance and, for what is...