Word: detract
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...front on the El Salvador issue from the first days of the Administration. He overcame objections by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger that it did not make military sense to stake so large a claim on such an uncertain battlefield and by top White House advisers who were reluctant to detract national attention from the President's economic program. Convinced that this battle would be cleanly and quickly won, the Secretary of State designated El Salvador as the location for a U.S. showdown-not just with a band of 6,000 leftist guerrillas, who were then in disarray, but with...
...Haig and Weinberger, let alone advance any strong ideas of his own. Moreover, Reagan's other top aides appear almost as uncomfortable with foreign policy issues as the President does. Too often they see these issues in domestic political terms-namely, how a decision will either enhance or detract from the President's image. At a recent Camp David session to plan for the fall elections, Reagan's political advisers did conclude that he should be perceived by the public as more in control of U.S. foreign policy. Before that can happen, the White House needs...
Many members of the Law School faculty objected to the plans because they felt the plans would detract from the Review's traditional, merit-based selection process. An ad hoc faculty committee and eventually the entire Law faculty asked the Review to reconsider its position and delay action on a policy until this fall...
...noted a tendency to become completely engrossed in financial problems--such as student aid, professors' salaries, and renovation of the Houses--and cautioned against letting them detract attention from areas which he said "don't cost so much money...
...acrimonious debate over Jacobo Timerman's views [June 22] should not detract attention from the plight of thousands in the jails of Argentina. Quiet diplomacy may suit President Reagan, but we ordinary citizens must call attention to the fact that the detention of many Argentines without charges and for indefinite terms violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Argentina's constitution as well as the conscience of concerned people everywhere...