Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...operating under "hair-trigger" alert, prepared to fire on any plane or vessel that approaches in a hostile manner. Under these rules, the Iraqi jet that zeroed in on the Stark would have been blown out of the sky before it could launch its missiles. He assured worried Congressmen that the threat to U.S. vessels was, as the report put it, "low to moderate...
...Congressmen also found it hard to believe what they heard from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, the point man for the Administration's policy in Central America. The cocky, abrasive Abrams confessed to deliberately misleading congressional committees last fall when he claimed that the Administration had not solicited funds from foreign countries for the Nicaraguan contras. In fact, Abrams himself had requested a contribution of $10 million from the government of Brunei, but he testified last week that he was not "authorized" to tell Congress the truth on the matter. Abrams also told the panel...
After Abrams' testimony, many Congressmen called for his resignation. Although Shultz insisted that his deputy would not resign, many of Abrams' colleagues at the State Department believe his days are numbered. Abrams will prove to be a liability next fall when the Administration asks Congress for $100 million in aid to the Nicaraguan rebels. Said one State Department official: "Contra funding is in deep trouble as long as Elliott is here...
Worried about a sagging economy and a dangerous international trade deficit, today's congressmen have been frantically seeking ways to improve America's economic competitiveness. Due to the efforts of Harvard and other universities' lobbyists, a consensus has arisen on Capitol Hill that higher education is the most efficient tool for improving the nation's long-term economic health. Many congressmen believe that financial support is essential for basic scientific research and student financial aid to produce the technology and the highly-trained work force America needs to improve its economy...
However, as O'Neill matured politically he began to involve himself in debates on national issues. In 1967, he led a small handful of Democratic Congressmen in rebelling against President Lyndon B. Johnson's leadership by opposing the escalation of the Vietnam...