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"Suppose I told you," the Pentagon briefing expert boasted to a roomful of officers, "that on this raggedy clump of hills and beaches, we are going to humiliate one of the most arrogant powers in the world today ..."
The President was not deterred. The next morning, Tuesday at 9:07, he stepped into the White House briefing room to tell reporters, and the nation, the startling news: "Early this morning, forces from six Caribbean democracies and the United States began a landing or landings on the island of...
At 8 on the morning after his appointment, McFarlane was at a meeting of the senior White House staff - for all of Clark's team-player reputation, he attended the staff conferences desultorily -then whisked into the Oval Office to give the President his regular defense-and-diplomacy briefing...
At a press briefing last week, McNamara said the U.S. should adopt a doctrine of "no first use until." Until what? Said he: "Until we know exactly what our opponent intended to do, at what level the order to use nuclear weapons originated on his side, and whether there is...
The ACSR meets twice a year with a subcommittee of the Corporation called the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR). On April 4, the entire ACSR joined the four-man CCSR for breakfast at the Faculty Club, expecting an hour and a half of ethical dialogue. What took place was...