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That call for springlike optimism was a tall order in a country where two months of wintry martial rule has crushed the independent Solidarity labor movement, put more than 5,000 of its members and sympathizers in detention camps, clamped severe restrictions on personal liberty, and left at least ten...
Clark's co-colleagues say that he is concerned about the common perception that Reagan understands and cares too little about the conduct of foreign affairs. Throughout most of 1981, domestic issues were at the top of the Administration agenda. Reagan's time was budgeted accordingly. Scheduling is...
The President's decision will not result in the immediate prosecution of non-registrants and does not indicate a step away from Reagan's long-standing opposition to the peacetime draft, Meese told reporters at a White House briefing.
On Capitol Hill, a majority of Senators and Representatives were willing to believe that the hit-team threat exists. Some Congressmen, in fact, were ready to impose sanctions on Libya even before Reagan announced the travel restriction. "The situation is serious enough to warrant the level of precautions," said Republican...
The brief 700-word document was signed without fanfare by Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger at an informal dinner at the National Geographic Society in Washington. The occasion was so low-key that neither the press nor television was invited. And, in what...