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...lesser degree in 1984, President Reagan articulated a vision of the past, but divorced from a peculiarly appealing personality, that vision would be very difficult for anyone else to re-create, assuming that any candidate other than Jack Kemp would want to do so. After the Iran-contra scandal, the instances of criminality in the Administration, and, more relevantly, the stock-market crash and that alpine deficit, Reagan's past vision may also have played itself...
...court's ruling is unlikely to cause serious problems for the Iran- contra probe headed by Lawrence E. Walsh or for Independent Counsel James McKay's prosecution of White House Aide Lyn Nofziger. Last year both prosecutors accepted backup appointments from the Justice Department. Prosecutor Morrison refused similar protection. Earlier last week the Supreme Court put to rest for now questions about the validity of such "parallel appointments" by leaving intact a lower-court decision that turned aside a challenge brought by Lieut. Colonel Oliver North...
...Reagan Administration was determined not to be outflanked yet again by the Sandinistas on the battlefield of public opinion. In a White House speech to supporters last week, Ronald Reagan sounded a familiar theme, arguing that continued contra pressure is needed to ensure that the Sandinistas keep their word. "We must make sure that each time the Sandinistas walk through a new door toward democracy, we close it behind them -- and keep it closed," Reagan declared. "Only the freedom fighters can do that." Despite recent Nicaraguan concessions, including a bow to Washington's long sought demand that the Sandinistas talk...
...intense maneuvering in Washington and Managua could mean just one thing: another congressional vote on contra aid was at hand. But this vote, scheduled for next week, promises to be different. Seven years after first requesting money for the rebels and making the contras a cornerstone of his foreign policy, Reagan may be facing his final showdown over the fate of those he once likened to the Founding Fathers. Administration officials maintain that there are only enough military supplies in the pipeline to sustain the rebels through February. If the vote is no, Reagan will not be able to provide...
...Iowa, only 19% of Republicans favor more defense, and 36% want less. Democrats nationwide split roughly by thirds on the same question; in Iowa, half the Democrats support a cut in Pentagon spending, and only 15% prefer an increase. Asked if they favor or oppose U.S. aid to the contras in Nicaragua, Republicans nationally support the program, 54% to 32%; Iowa Republicans divide narrowly against it, 42% to 40%. While Democrats in general oppose contra assistance by 2 to 1, the ratio in Iowa...