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None of these military leaders, Soviet or American, is in any sense a Bonapartist, too big for the britches of his uniform. Nor is any of them an opponent of arms control. When Carlucci replaced the ultra-hard-liner Caspar Weinberger last November, he ushered in a welcome collegiality between the Defense and State departments. On Capitol Hill, he is now probably the single most respected official of the Executive Branch; unlike Weinberger, he seems willing to make prudent compromises with budget-minded Senators as well as with the Soviets. Crowe too has impressed the State Department, even...
...official: "People at the White House were not happy about this at all. For a while they considered appointing a couple of economists from the Labor or Commerce Department to show their disdain." In the end, Reagan appointed two of his top former Cabinet Secretaries, Drew Lewis (Transportation) and Caspar Weinberger (Defense). Said New York Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who sponsored the commission's founding legislation and is himself a member: "The President could have been grumpy about this and chose...
...course, is pretty farfetched. Besides, though Strauss would disagree, the Oval Office might cramp his style. Is Mikhail Gorbachev in town? Strauss -- and Gorbachev -- are at Mrs. Reagan's table for the state dinner. (Helen Strauss, his wife of 46 years, is at a distant table, seated between Caspar Weinberger and Meadowlark Lemon of Harlem Globetrotters fame.) Is William F. Buckley using his TV show to conduct presidential campaign debates? Strauss is co-Grand Inquisitor. When bad blood develops between House Speaker Jim Wright and Secretary of State George Shultz over Nicaragua, Strauss mediates. When a new bipartisan National Economic...
...time of his capture Higgins, a native of Kentucky and a former aide to ex-U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, was returning from a meeting with a local leader of the Shi'ite Amal militia. The incident was a major embarrassment for Amal Leader Nabih Berri, Lebanon's Justice Minister. Amal, along with U.N. peacekeeping forces, immediately launched a manhunt for Higgins and his abductors...
...policy was raised. He was present at the Jan. 6, 1986, session where the President signed a finding authorizing the sale of TOW missiles to win the release of American hostages. The next morning the President's top advisers, including Bush, gathered in the Oval Office. George Shultz and Caspar Weinberger testified that they vigorously opposed the arms sales, arguing that they would undermine the Administration's policy against terrorism. "I was intense," Shultz told the Tower commission. "Everybody was well aware of my views." By the end of the meeting, Shultz testified, it was clear that the President...