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...American foreign policy before the House committee, Vance stressed to the Representatives that he was speaking "for the President." The White House also let it be known that Vance's ten-page prepared statement had not only been cleared by Carter but also had been read by Brzezinski...
...Among them: commitment to social justice and economic development, respect for African nationalism, and the fostering of human rights. That evening, as 80 Representatives and Senators gathered for an off-the-record briefing by President Carter, Vance's star seemed to ascend even higher. Though both Brown and Brzezinski were also on hand, many observers reported that Carter seemed to be making a deliberate effort to ensure that the limelight stayed steadily on the Secretary of State...
Indeed, it was not Cuba that was continuing to worry the Administration last week but the Soviet Union. The Pravda commentary to which Vance had referred warned that the "present course" of U.S. foreign policy "is fraught with serious dangers." The article attacked Brzezinski by name, claimed that bilateral Soviet-U.S. negotiations were being "deliberately slowed down" by Washington and warned that U.S. support for human rights in the Soviet Union was "particularly disastrous for mutual confidence." Even as State Department officials were weighing Pravda's words, the Russians displayed a degree of disdain for international opinion unusual...
...Army Clifford Alexander, he continued to emphasize the idea of harmony in his Administration's policymaking. At a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Fort Worth the day before the maneuvers, Carter told an audience of 5,000: "There is overwhelming cooperation and compatibility between Secretary Vance, Dr. Brzezinski, Harold Brown and others who help me shape foreign policy...
Having gone out of his way earlier in the week to buttress Vance's position, he now came to Brzezinski's defense. "It is certainly not right," he told the Texans, "for the Soviet Union and Cuba to jump on Dr. Brzezinski when I am the one who shapes the policy after getting advice from him and others...