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...evening, he phoned Treasury Secretary Regan to report that the Democrats seemed ready to go beyond a one-year reduction-but not so far as three years. The Treasury Secretary replied unenthusiastically: "Well, I'm not sure we can work with you, Danny." On Wednesday morning, however, Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, breakfasting with reporters, said that the Administration would at least "look at" a two-year plan...
...moments. After the speech, Cadet Mark Hogan, president of the 1981 class, presented Reagan with a saber mounted on a wooden plaque. Then, while handing out diplomas to the top 50 graduates, Reagan found himself facing Michael Meese, 20, ranked 28th in his class and the son of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese. With the cadet's proud father standing at his side, Reagan beamed and congratulated the youth. After the ceremonies, the President and Mrs. Reagan stopped to greet an invited guest and old Hollywood friend: Actor James Cagney, 81, who made Boy Meets Girl in 1938 with...
...some variant of the Kemp-Roth plan-a threeyear, 30% tax cut-which does not enjoy the support that the budget cuts did in the Congress or the country. In fact, all the major players-Rostenkowski, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Robert Dole, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and White House Counsellor Edwin Meese-hoped to settle the issue by consensus...
Rostenkowski was also pleased, both by the expressions of loyalty from his party conservatives and by the negotiating points they relayed. He met Thursday morning with Secretary Regan to begin the complex task of discussing details. Meanwhile, Majority Leader Wright had lunch with Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese at the White House and also talked to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker and Republican Paul Laxalt of Nevada...
From the start, Reagan had been troubled by the prosecution. A mere ten days after being inaugurated, he had White House Counsellor Edwin Meese contact Thomas Kennelly, the lawyer representing Miller. Meese asked for memos from both defendants' lawyers outlining reasons for pardoning them. By March 26 the pardons were signed, but the following week's assassination attempt delayed the announcement. Remarked a joyful Miller: "I certainly owe the Gipper one." Reagan, citing Jimmy Carter's pardon of "thousands" of Viet Nam-era draft evaders, explained: "We can be no less generous to two men who acted...