Word: cohen
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...controversial development occured at the committee's first meeting last Thursday when Ethan Cohen '86 of Quincy House took the chair following a secret ballot. It wasn't until after Cohen's election that Council Member Brian R. Melendez '86 said the committee had forgotten to consider the possibility of co-chairs--a practice which the officers of the council had discouraged in a memorandum circulated last Wednesday...
Treasurer Eliot T. Kieval '84 then moved to adopt co-chairs and nominated Felicia Eckstein '84 of Eliot House for the post. Just minutes after the secret ballot vote, Cohen found himself being joined at the committee's helm by Eskstein...
...build-down idea began to take shape last January when Maine Republican Senator William Cohen wrote an article in the Washington Post suggesting that any new arms-control agreement include the build-down proposal. A few days later, Cohen got a call from the President. "I like the concept," Reagan said. "I hope we can make it work." Other Administration officials were far more skeptical. They argued that reducing the number of nuclear missiles does not necessarily lead to greater stability, and they objected to mixing bombers in the same negotiating pot with ballistic missiles. But Cohen had an important...
...Cohen was able to enlist Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia, who is respected for his knowledge of defense issues, and Republican Charles Percy of Illinois, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. When Reagan's chief arms-control negotiator, Edward Rowny, protested to Cohen that build-down would only complicate matters in Geneva, the Senator asked: "How about no MX?" Replied Rowny: "I need the MX to get a treaty." Said Cohen: "You need build-down...
Flying to Seattle Sept. 7 for the funeral of Washington Senator Henry Jackson, Nunn and Cohen assessed the objectives of arms-control activists in both houses of Congress. Their House colleagues had been emphasizing different approaches, and the Administration had played both sides off against each other. Over the next two weeks, Nunn, Cohen and Percy joined forces with Aspin (who had plugged double build-down in a letter to Scowcroft in August), Dicks and Gore in the House, forming what became known as "the Gang of Six." The group agreed on a set of principles, including a commitment...