Word: confirms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have reason to think you're against us," Specter said. "Why should we confirm someone who is likely to rule against...
...week's end Iraq claimed to have disabled twelve "maritime targets," though independent sources could confirm only seven hits, one of them a small supply boat on which two crewmen were killed. The Iraqi air force, whose active warplanes outnumber Iran's almost 10 to 1, also bombed and set ablaze the main Iranian oil-processing facility on Kharg Island and attacked what a military communique described as "economic and industrial targets" around the Iranian cities of Ahwaz and Isfahan...
...will administer VaxSyn to 60 homosexual men from the Washington area. To qualify, volunteers must be free from AIDS virus infection and agree to use "safe sex" practices. After counseling, they must also sign a three-page consent form explaining the risks of participation and pass a quiz to confirm that they understand the experiment...
...Washington the Reagan Administration pointedly declined to discuss the encounter, but the White House seemed mildly embarrassed that the Sparrows had missed their targets. "That's not a good sign," said National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger even refused to confirm that the attack had occurred. Said he: "Our whole effort here is not to provoke, not to get into a war, not to do anything of the kind." White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater perfectly captured the absurdity of the Administration's refusal to talk about the episode. After acknowledging that "the President was informed soon after...
...News reported that the rear rotor of the helicopter apparently struck the ship, but Pentagon sources said they could not confirm the report...