Word: elian
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...armed operation that succeeded on many fronts. It was quick: Only eight federal agents were inside the house for three minutes. It was nonviolent: Outside, officers used tear gas to subdue the crowd, defusing a potentially ugly situation and leaving no serious injuries. And, it accomplished its primary objective: Elian is now with his father...
...doubt about it, whatever trauma Elian experienced before and during the raid is clearly the fault of the boy's Miami relatives. Had they shown any reasonable willingness to compromise with federal authorities, Reno would not have been forced to use federal agents to retrieve the boy. But now that the dust has settled, the urgency of the situation has been alleviated, and Elian can now wait for his hearing comfortably and in peace...
...playing smart politics. The Gore camp seems to view Bush's struggle in the primaries as proof of his irreversible weakness as a candidate. But while Gore's campaign has remained static this past month--save for his almost universally derided pandering to the Cuban-American community over Elian Gonzalez--Bush's campaign has jumped aggressively into what aides say will be three solid months of policy-oriented speeches and events. First came two weeks of education initiatives, followed by his foray into health care and housing. This week Bush will propose another policy aimed at making home ownership more...
...second largest Cuban-American community, who tried to broker a graceful exit strategy. Tracking down Juan Miguel's lawyer, Gregory Craig, Torricelli found him in Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder's office--along with Reno. Torricelli said the Miami wing continued to insist that if Juan Miguel wanted Elian, he would have to go to Miami to get him. It was a dare and a test. They knew a lot of people watching this saga have wondered what, other than wild horses, could have kept him from coming since the very first day. When Craig refused, Torricelli suggested that Lazaro...
Holder turned out to be right. As Torricelli tells it, when the crowd surrounding Lazaro's house in Little Havana heard that Elian was going to Washington the next day, "the cord began to unravel." There were angry rumors that Lazaro was "selling out." When an official car arrived at 8 a.m., Lazaro would not leave his bedroom. Eventually he said the family would not be going at all. Elian had refused to get dressed, Lazaro claimed; the boy didn't want...