Word: clouts
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...people who have the most clout edit thetexts," he says...
While Iran threatens to remain a blot on Casey's record, many in Washington agree that the former Director revived an agency demoralized by budget cuts and scandal. His clout with the President helped to triple the CIA budget and elevate the Director of Central Intelligence to Cabinet rank. As Director, Casey also achieved greater cooperation than ever before among the nation's eleven intelligence organizations...
...even more politically explosive topic is farm aid. U.S. farmers, who are still mired in a deep depression, enjoy perennial clout on Capitol Hill, but Reagan wants to cut the farm budget by several billion during the next five years. The Administration seeks to cut target farm prices, which determine the size of subsidies, by 10% a year. It would also like to toughen up the rules on maximum payments to ensure that the bulk of the aid goes to farmers who need it most. Says OMB Chief Miller, alluding to the movie Country: "A lot of money goes...
...think it was a mistake." Even now he seems unable to appreciate that this action shattered & his own vehemently proclaimed principle of never paying ransom to terrorists, and in the process dented the moral stature and credibility that is the true source of America's unique clout in world affairs...
...clear-cut successor can be named. Law-enforcement officials are divided on whether Joseph Brancato, 69, Vincent Aloi, 63, or Aloi's younger brother Benny, 51, will move up. Brancato served mainly as an errand boy for Persico, according to New York investigators, and seems to lack real clout. The Aloi brothers, on the other hand, appear to have the Mob smarts to run the family -- if they want to take the risk of doing...