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Outside her health-care mission, there is probably no title that could + convey the scope of her role, although Counsellor to the President was batted around for a long time. As always, she is her husband's most trusted confidant, best friend, toughest critic and most ardent cheerleader. She is...
OFTEN THE TOUGHEST PART OF NEGOTIATING IS JUST GETTING to the table. Egypt and Israel engaged in some behind-the-scenes discussions last week in an effort to keep this week's Middle East peace talks on track. According to a Western diplomatic source, the Egyptians learned of Israeli Defense...
Clinton might yet have avoided the worst of the crisis had he sought the advice and support of Nunn, the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Nunn, who is a close confidant of General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, often seems to believe that all military...
Many advocates are taking heart that Segal, along-time confidant of the president-elect, willhead the public service initiative, which promisesto be the cornerstone of the administration'syouth policy. A youth corps incorporates many ofClinton's top priorities for young people:encouraging public service, enabling highereducation and providing incentives to...
But regret and human sympathy were quickly outdistanced by more practical doubts. Exactly what did the separation announcement, released by the palace, accomplish? "Their Royal Highnesses," it intoned, "would like to stress first and foremost that this decision is amicable . . . There have been no third parties involved, on either side...