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Carter has recast his Administration in significant respects. The White House staff is broader-gauged, and at last Carter's confidant and principal aide, Hamilton Jordan, is out of policy and into politics, where he should have been from the beginning. Carter's new Secretary of State, Ed...
When the Iranians understand the Koran, states Sri Lanka's ascetic M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, a teacher in the mystical Sufi movement, now living in Philadelphia, "they will release the hostages immediately." Muhaiyaddeen has sent Khomeini three fervent epistles, urging him to free the captives and repent of his vengeance...
The author turned out to be Hector Villalón, 50, a shadowy Argentinian who was a confidant of Eva Perón in her heyday in the 1950s. After Dictator Juan Perón was toppled in 1955, Villalón remained a trusted adviser on foreign affairs during...
Even so, some of Ford's closest advisers doubt that he can win via the primaries at this late date. House Minority Leader John Rhodes fears that his old friend would only fracture the party by campaigning. Melvin Laird, former Defense Secretary and longtime Ford confidant, also believes that...
There began in the White House what one Carter confidant calls "a circular process." From early morning until pillow-talk time, the President accumulated information and ideas that demanded yes or no. He repeated the routine each day. The number of suggestions and ideas increased. Suddenly, admits a Carter aide...