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Presidential Aide Michael Deaver began collecting ideas for the State of the Union speech in November, and the President took a preliminary draft to California on his end-of-year vacation. Reagan and his aides have been extensively rewriting ever since. As of last week, the draft contained blank spaces for new bud-jet figures and proposals. Nonetheless, Reagan took 33 min. to deliver it in a preliminary run-through and told advisers: 'I want to sweat it down some more." He is aiming at 25 to 28 min. Thus the speech will probably contain only bottom-line numbers...
Thus it became one of William Clark's first jobs as National Security Adviser to draft statements for himself and the President warning Administration members of the consequences of discussing security information with reporters. According to a high White House aide, announcement of the guidelines had to be rushed because news of their existence was beginning to leak. The crux of the President's order: "All contacts with any element of the news media in which classified National Security Council matters or classified intelligence information are discussed will require the advance approval of a senior official...
...speaking terms these days, a resumption of the shuttle would amount to "theater for theater's sake." One future possibility: a "mini-Camp David," at which Haig and Foreign Ministers Ali and Shamir would meet for several days of negotiations, leading, it would be hoped, to a draft agreement. -By William E. Smith. Reported by Johanna McGeary with Haig
...corresponding argument is that the current political climate is wrong for a draft; that we would be sending dangerous signals to the rest of the world by imposing conscription at this time. We bitterly oppose the militaristic overtones of our nation's foreign policy, which is one reason we want a draft, anticipating, as we have said, that it will temper our conduct in the world. And whatever other signals it sends, a no-exemptions draft will make clear to the rest of the world that this is one country where the sons and daughters of the privileged class help...
...draft has always been a troubling issue for American progressives. On the one hand, traditional fears of militarization have militated against a draft but reconciling an army of the poor with other traditional notions about economic and social justice has been very hard--and very damaging to others' perceptions of American liberalism. We don't think the traditional approach has worked, and are hopeful that a class-blind draft--by making the entire society share the costs of our defense--will be more productive in achieving our ends...