Word: bushing
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...George Bush has acknowledged this turnaround in Soviet policy by proclaiming it an opportunity for the U.S. to move "beyond containment." Already there has been a shift in U.S. policy toward diplomatic compromise in all three of the principal regional conflicts. In Nicaragua the Reagan Administration wanted to overthrow the Sandinistas; the contras were a means to that all-or- nothing end. The Bush Administration, by contrast, is seeking a political settlement that would entail some sort of power sharing between the Sandinistas and their opponents. During consultations on Cambodia in Brunei last week, Secretary of State James Baker made...
...good riddance to one ayatullah in Iran, and the last thing Washington wants is a Khomeini-like figure in Afghanistan. There are also 3.5 million well-armed Afghan refugees who are an increasing worry to Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On a visit to Washington last month, she persuaded Bush to endorse publicly a "political solution," implying an internationally brokered deal that might allow some Afghan Communists to remain as part of a new government. Baker has privately told his Soviet counterpart, Eduard Shevardnadze, that the U.S. "has no interest in seeing a leadership in Kabul that is hostile...
Consequently, many students have turned their attention to the federal government. Many of them criticize the Bush Administration for failing to respond adequately to the crackdown. Although President Bush suspended military aid to China a few days after the massacre, several students feel the U.S. could be doing more to bring pressure to bear on the Chinese government...
...attitude of the Bush Administration has been pretty disappointing," says Ye Yang, a graduate student in comparative literature. "It might be a game on his part. Let the Congress and the Senate play the militant role...
...article criticized President Bush, who visited Beijing in February "in the role of an old friend of China," for inviting dissident Fang Lizhi to a banquet attended by senior Chinese leaders...