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Initially, Bush had hoped to invite Gorbachev to Camp David for a few days. There, alone and in private, he could test Gorbachev's mettle and get to know the Soviet leader personally, just as he had befriended hundreds of other foreign leaders in his career. After the Soviets opted for Malta, Bush told aides, "I want a Camp David atmosphere on that ship." To work his magic free of prying eyes and ears, he has ordered reporters to stay far from the U.S. cruiser Belknap and the Soviet cruiser Slava. "He wants to be able to get up from...
...Bush is at his best in such intimate settings. For all his talk about taking steps only in consultation with U.S. allies, Bush knows that he and Gorbachev will decide what happens in Malta. If the President has indeed become more "philosophical," the Malta summit could turn out to be far more than the friendly ocean cruise Bush had originally proposed...
...change of strategy was so sudden and striking that even veteran policymakers were taken aback. After stressing for months how important it was for the U.S. to stay competitive in high technology, the Bush Administration was getting ready to pull the plug on its two most widely publicized high-tech initiatives. According to reports circulating in Washington, the Administration was determined to cut not only the $10 million it had pledged for research into high-definition television, but all federal support -- including $100 million in 1991 -- for Sematech, the Reagan-era industrial consortium designed to catapult the U.S. into...
...House over the proper role of Government in what is becoming an increasingly global economy. Is federal intervention necessary to tip the scales of corporate decision making from short-term gain to long-term planning? Can the state stimulate private industry without making firms dependent on Government handouts? The Bush Administration is torn. Many staff members, at the Commerce and Defense departments believe that robust electronics industries are vital to the national security and should be fostered by the Government. But conservatives led by Budget Director Richard Darman argue with equal vehemence that it is counterproductive for the Government...
After pro-choice voters helped defeat Republican candidates last month in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City, George Bush started sending out the word that the G.O.P. is big enough to accommodate supporters of abortion rights. But pro-choice job applicants will not find the same warm welcome at the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency with the heaviest responsibility for health care and family-policy issues. HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan has become a virtual figurehead, hemmed in by Administration pro- lifers who have made opposition to abortion a litmus test in hiring and policy decisions...