Word: democratic
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When former Georgia State Senator Julian Bond was accused by his estranged wife last March of using cocaine, the ensuing drama soon added Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young to its cast. The mayor, Bond's friend and fellow Democrat, was suspected of obstructing justice by cautioning Alice Bond not to spread rumors...
...said Schlesinger, whose suggestions conflict with a Senate proposal calling for the replacement of the compromised chancery with a new structure built from scratch. Though the House has not yet voted on the proposal, many Senators remained skeptical toward the Schlesinger plan. Labeling it a "half measure," South Carolina Democrat Ernest Hollings declared, "The best solution would be just to tear the whole thing down and send the Soviets the bill...
...sale of U.S. arms to Iran authorized by a January 1986 finding, were kept secret.) Several legislators believe the number of known findings is more than in any previous Administration. More important, the operations have grown steadily in size, importance and cost. Covert operations, says Anthony Beilenson, a California Democrat who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, are a "much bigger portion of the foreign policy pie than ever before...
...difficulty of rallying support apparently led the Administration to rely more and more on carrying out the Reagan Doctrine by secret means. Dave McCurdy, an Oklahoma Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, who at times sympathizes with the President's foreign policy, states flatly that the "Reagan Doctrine was a covert doctrine -- at least it was covert in implementation." Covert operations are unavoidable in a world where the enemy resorts to them freely. Some of the actions the Reagan Administration undertook or expanded, notably American aid to the guerrillas battling the Soviet invaders of Afghanistan, are eminently defensible morally...
Under the heat and pressure of the challenge, the judicial confirmation process seems to be changing shape. In recent times the Senate's scrutiny of presidential court appointees has been limited chiefly to questions of their legal ability and ethical fitness. Last week, however, Bork's opponents in the Democrat-controlled Senate were moving toward a frank confrontation over ideology. Michigan Democrat Carl Levin is talking the language of senatorial prerogative when he says, "The President has a right to look for a strict constructionist; the Senate has a right to look for a fair constructionist...