Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guided by the theory of "escalation dominance," which says that America's adversaries must be convinced that the United States can prevail at any level of armed hostilities. Far from playing catch-up to a fictional Soviet nuclear edge, the U.S. is pursuing superiority at all levels of conflict...
...reports into knapsacks as soon as the copies were released at the White House Press Office on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, Correspondents Barrett Seaman and David Beckwith prepared to analyze the 288-page report as the Tower commission press conference unfolded. National Political Correspondent Laurence Barrett tracked Nancy Reagan's conflict with Donald Regan. Correspondents Hays Gorey and Michael Duffy scoured Congress for reactions. Pentagon Correspondent Bruce van Voorst investigated CIA involvement. And Correspondents Alessandra Stanley and Ricardo Chavira concentrated on Lieut. Colonel Oliver North and the contra connection. "With all the details required for my stories," says Church from...
...upending the independent counsel will not be easy, for both legal and political reasons. "There's a need for an independent conflict-of-interest investigation in the Executive Branch," says University of Texas Law Professor Harold Bruff. "The courts will recognize that need." The Administration, meanwhile, is in an awkward position. Attorney General Edwin Meese and other Reagan Justice Department officials have publicly opposed the special prosecutor, yet they may find it difficult to support North and Deaver without opening themselves to charges of fostering a cover-up. Says one Justice Department official: "In this political climate...
...very least, the legal uncertainty may encourage some witnesses to snub investigators in the Iranscam probe and other inquiries (among them, the investigation of former Reagan Aide Lyn Nofziger on conflict-of-interest charges). The threat is serious enough that Justice Department officials and congressional leaders are talking of a possible compromise: President Reagan could reappoint the same independent counsel himself, thus circumventing the constitutional problem. Says Stanley Brand, former counsel to the House of Representatives: "Unless they work this out, we could be headed for a crisis of confidence in the administration of justice...
...daring submarine captain (Ron Reagan) fighting the evil Japanese, Hellcats gave Ron and Nancy (nee Davis) a chance to meet and fall in love. Moreover, it was films like this that gave our future Chief Executive a chance to develop the extensive knowledge of world affairs and international conflict he has today. What more could you ask for? A real live...