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Pistelli presented a standup routine on growing up with a Jewish mother and an Italian father. Danby performed a Star Trek parody and Kjellgren a mock quiz program and a spoof briefing on Libyan weaponry.
Weinberger used his briefing to stress the need for passing the Administration's 1984 defense budget intact. "Without the MX missile, the Trident submarine and the B-1 bomber, we will be accepting permanent nuclear inferiority," he said. Weinberger's campaign to win congressional approval for his spending...
In a pitch for more funds, Reagan summoned congressional leaders of both parties to a hastily arranged White House meeting last week. After a briefing by Kirkpatrick, Reagan put forward a passionate case for the $60 million in emergency aid. But any support gained in that meeting was imperiled the...
The desire to send more advisors was underlined by a grim White House briefing of Congressional leaders. United Nations Ambassador Jeane J. Kirk Patrick and National Security Advisor William P. Clark warned Congress that the situation in El Salvador was deteriorating rapidly and the Salvadoran army was waging an increasing...
The briefing, which was reportedly successful in alarming even some moderate Congressmen, puzzled other Central America watchers who have noticed little change over the past few months. "The Administration has a credibility gap as wide as the Grand Canyon," said Representative Stephen J. Solarz, a Democratic member of the House...