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...started when Republican Robert Dornan of California, in a speech before a conservative group, called New York Democrat Thomas Downey "a draft-dodging wimp." Downey heard about it and a couple of days later, as Dornan was walking out of the House chamber, put a hand on the Californian's arm to prevent him from leaving. Asked Downey: "Did you say those things about me?" Dornan wheeled around. "Yes. So what?" Moments later, Dornan grabbed the babyfaced New Yorker by the collar and tie, pulled him close and warned, "Stay out of my face, now and forever...
...expletives-deleted confrontation brought to the surface a long-standing feud. Downey, 36, received a 1-Y medical draft deferral during the Viet Nam War because of a pierced eardrum. Dornan, 51, a former Air Force jet pilot, was in flight training at the tail end of the Korean conflict. "I was getting my Air Force wings when Downey was in kindergarten," says Dornan...
...years ago, Dornan, a three-term Congressman who had just lost a race for the Senate, was supposedly in line for an Administration appointment as a consultant to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. From the floor of Congress, Downey gave a short, sarcastic encomium to Dornan's qualifications for the post. "Mr. Speaker," he began, "rarely have we seen an intellect like Bob's." Dornan never got the post...
Portions of The Silent Scream aired on network news shows last week. "Never have so many millions of Americans seen such a graphic representation of a baby being ripped apart," said Congressman Robert Dornan, an antiabortion Republican from California. "The other side is now on the defensive." Admitted Nanette Falkenberg of the National Abortion Rights Action League: "I think we're in for some hard times...
Clark's obsession with secrecy and press leaks has created political difficulties for the White House. Last spring, when the Administration was desperately trying to save the MX program, Clark tried to go ahead, on his own, with the appointment of Robert Dornan, a right-wing, very hawkish former Congressman from California, to a middling position in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. This heavyhanded move undercut the Administration's campaign to project a more conciliatory image on arms control negotiations. Clark dropped the idea when Congress balked...