Word: cabinets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finally, the day before President Reagan announced the sanctions, the decision was endorsed by the White House's twelve-member Economic Policy Council, a Cabinet-level body chaired either by the President or, in his absence, by Treasury Secretary James Baker. With Baker in charge, the council fretted considerably over its decision. According to one Administration insider, there were sharply differing views about the value of the semiconductor agreement in the first place. Nonetheless, the group reluctantly agreed to go ahead with retaliation...
...equally grand style. They usually travel aboard separate aircraft, hold separate meetings with foreign leaders and are prickly about details, right down to the seating arrangements at banquets. The two leaders have learned to speak for France "with one voice from two mouths," as a member of Chirac's Cabinet puts it, but each makes sure that both mouths are heard...
...Attorney Rudolph Giuliani, who prosecuted the case, said there was "no excuse" for the crimes. Anderson could face a $500,000 fine and ten years in prison. Giuliani will urge that the former Cabinet officer spend time in jail...
President Reagan was sufficiently concerned to order two briefings on the case, including a high-level Friday afternoon meeting that included Cabinet members. Shultz did not even wait to consult with Reagan before taking the unprecedented step of shutting down all sensitive electronic communications with the Moscow embassy. U.S. diplomatic posts around the world are now transmitting Moscow-bound traffic to Frankfurt, where select courier teams are on call to hand-carry material to the Soviet capital. Within the embassy, secretaries have been forbidden to use any machine that emits electronic signals, including electric typewriters and word processors. Even...
...Cribb seems destined to supplant Gary Bauer, a conservative intellectual who was recruited from the Education Department as a ranking domestic adviser in the waning days of the Regan regime. "Gary will continue to formulate domestic policy," says a Baker aide, "but Ken will provide outreach to the Cabinet, particularly Ed Meese...