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...demonstration came too late. To foil the activists, the nuclear test, code-named Hazebrook, was set off Tuesday, two days ahead of schedule. The subsequent protest was not confined to Nevada. On Capitol Hill, the House Democratic caucus proposed that Congress cut off funds for further U.S. nuclear tests as long as the Soviet Union adheres to its testing moratorium. The House Democrats called on President Reagan to negotiate with the Soviets to achieve a "reciprocal, simultaneous and verifiable" test ban. The Soviets, meanwhile, announced they would soon resume testing in response to the U.S. action...
...They gave up their sit-in Thursday afternoon at the request of Anderson's parents to prepare for a march. The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton spoke to crowd of about 1,500 at that rally in front of the the state capitol building Friday morning. Both demanded the state complete its investigation and punish those responsible. They later met privately with Gov. Jeb Bush...
...Towey, the President's director of faith-based initiatives, isn't a typical Bush appointee. First of all, he's a Democrat. Second, his career trajectory never took him anywhere near the state of Texas. He worked on Capitol Hill for former Sen. Mark Hatfield, the Oregon Republican, and for Lawton Chiles, the former Democratic governor of Florida. He also had the distinction of being the late Mother Teresa's lawyer, and serving in her Calcutta mission. On Monday, seated under a picture of President Bush at prayer, Towey told a handful of reporters that he was leaving the White...
...been consulted about the makeover said Bolten?s operating premise is that the White House needs to communicate better but also needs something better to communicate, so he plans to add elements to the President?s agenda that will give him new opportunities for accomplishments and give Republicans on Capitol Hill a new reason to unify with the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Within days of the announcement on March 28 that Bolten would be taking over April 15, people close to the President reported that they had been consulted about a successor to McClellan. Other oft-mentioned possible replacements...
...Lincoln had to go before a big union meeting that was being held on the steps of the Capitol. He said 'the Secretary of War is not to blame for not giving troops to McClellan. He had no troops to give.' He said, 'I take it upon myself for the blame of what has been charged on the Secretary of War.' That immediately ended the campaign against Stanton...