Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pieces of the puzzle," says one Senator who serves with Glenn on the Foreign Relations Committee, "but he has trouble putting the puzzle together." The most extraordinary example of Glenn's fixation on detail occurred during the 1979 debate over the SALT II treaty. Jimmy Carter viewed the treaty as indispensable to further political initiatives with the Soviets and told Glenn so. Glenn focused on verification. He was convinced that the U.S. could not monitor the pact because of the loss of two tracking stations in Iran and the knowledge that the U.S. reconnaissance satellite had temporarily failed...
...estimated that a dozen Senators would take their voting cue from Glenn. Thus enormous pressure was applied to get him to change his mind. Through top aides like Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Carter sent along secret information that backup monitoring would soon be ready. Prominent Senators leaned hard on him. Glenn would not budge. His position: as soon as adequate verification was reinstated, he would vote for the treaty. The President, frustrated at what he considered Glenn's tunnel vision, telephoned him at home early one morning to complain further. Carter afterward told his staff he had never...
...Graydon Carter...
Only a few weeks ago, Volcker was given little chance of reappointment. A nominal Democrat and a Carter Administration appointee, he had never enjoyed close relations with the President or other White House officials. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan has been the strongest critic of Volcker within the Administration, arguing that the Fed chairman was not arguing that the Fed chairman was not "irreplaceable." Regan did not think much more of Greenspan. At one point, in desperation, he said, "If they appoint Greenspan, they'll have to find themselves another Treasury Secretary." The Treasury Secretary put forward the name...
...Graydon Carter...