Word: counsellors
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Fielding also said that he kept White House Counsellor Edwin Meese, his boss during the new Administration's transition period, fully informed about the FBI material. "Everyone was watching it carefully. It was of grave concern to us," Fielding explained. "The White House encouraged as thorough an investigation as possible on this." Nonetheless, neither the White House, the FBI, nor the Justice Department told the Senate committee about the wiretaps...
Democrat Wright displayed a chart showing that Reagan's tax cut disproportionately helped the rich. Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, supported by the President, retorted that everyone benefited equally from a 10% rate cut. But both men were corrected by Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, who admitted that a 10% cut in the tax rates benefits those in the higher tax brackets more than those in low ones. The most sensitive issue involved delaying or putting a lid on the cost of living allowances (COLA) under various federal retirement programs, most notably Social Security. Both Reagan and O'Neill knew...
...intelligence officer was encouraged by the gaggle of mostly female supporters who packed the assembly gallery each day to shout their support and hoot down the opposition. Before Magaña's selection, ARENA Leader Mario Redaelli boasted that he had told the U.S. embassy's political counsellor: "Maybe we should set up special ballot boxes for [U.S.] Senators and Congressmen to come down and vote directly...
...talks are hedged with so many restrictions that no one can tell if they will produce anything meaningful. White House aides are convinced of the need for compromise, and they may have finally begun to persuade their chief. Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese said on Friday that the Administration is "looking for areas of agreement" with Congress, and admitted flatly of Reagan's proposed budget: "Some changes are necessary...
...address to the U.S. Civil Defense Council on March 1, Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese called nuclear war "something that may not be desirable"?a bizarre understatement that contributed to the impression of insouciance bordering on recklessness. There is unquestionably a need to improve the nation's defenses, but some of the weapons programs in Reagan's new military budget suggest that the Administration is on a buying binge. Last month it was disclosed that the President planned to add 17,000 nuclear explosive devices to the existing arsenal of 25,000 (which includes armaments for shorter-range missiles...