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...Stealth bomber, recently unveiled to the public, has long been popular in the American mind--witness commercials comparing Japanese cars to the sleek plane. This has created a difficult dilemma for President-elect George Bush. Because of its ability to avoid Soviet radar detection in flight, the Stealth is highly attractive to both the public and the defense establishment. But in view of the $500 million-a-piece price tag, Bush must decide whether we can really afford building these expensive new machines...
...last summer, Washington pundits dismissed the move as a political maneuver. A sixth-generation Texan and a highly visible Hispanic American, Cavazos seemed tailor-made to help Republican presidential nominee George Bush woo the Hispanic vote in the candidate's electorally rich adopted home state. Last week, when President-elect Bush announced that he would retain Cavazos as head of the department, some educators made similar remarks. "It was an easy decision for Bush," says Donna Shalala, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "He had a qualified person in place who was a minority...
...fact, it would have been politically foolhardy for Bush to drop Cavazos, who had faithfully stumped for him across the Southwest. The President-elect had promised to name a Hispanic to his Cabinet, making the replacement of the non-controversial Secretary doubly difficult. But Cavazos was probably Bush's top choice anyway. Even at the time of his original appointment in August, there was speculation that Bush had strongly pushed his longtime friend for the post and had vowed to keep...
...knew what pot smells like because he smoked it as recently as 1984 -- a concession that, made earlier, could have denied him his appointment. Though there are still three years remaining in McNamara's four-year term, he may not last that long. Concluded a top aide to President-elect Bush last week: "He's an embarrassment...
...busy as George Bush is these days, when two prior occupants of the Oval Office ask for an audience it would be impolitic to turn them down. Thus last week former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter got 50 minutes of the President-elect's time to present the gist of a two-volume American Agenda report produced by a bipartisan staff of more than 300 experts and former Government officials. The message: reduce the budget deficit by $40 billion a year for the next four years, abandon the idea of a Star Wars defense that could totally shield...