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...Presidents stretching back to Richard Nixon were aware of his drug involvement -- no one more so than former CIA director George Bush -- but looked the other way to avoid losing a valuable source of intelligence. At a press conference on Friday, Bush sought to squelch speculation that Noriega could embarrass him. "The Attorney General assures me our case is strong, our resolve is firm, and our legal representations are sound," the President said...
...speculated on the likelihood of U.S. troops invading Panama. "Send them in," he said. "By the time they get to Panama City, there'll be news releases detailing everything that Noriega knows about Bush. And what he knows is enough to sink Bush's presidency." Whether Noriega can actually embarrass % Bush and other high Washington figures, and how much, only his trial will tell...
...King pronounced himself "quite satisfied" with the election outcome. But the potential exists for Muslim Brotherhood legislators to form a coalition with radical leftists to embarrass him. To be sure, the Hashemite King retains the power to disband Parliament and rule without it. But after calling the elections under popular pressure, he would presumably be reluctant to exercise such authority...
Blandon denied that her candidacy was a ploy to embarrass and punish her husband. "I know he has a reputation for being woman crazy, but this is Latin America," she said. "Such things are not as shocking here." Although Blandon stood to take only about 8% of the vote, there are signs that Cabrera may tap the First Lady to be his running mate...
Congressional Democrats wanted to put the full $50 billion in the budget, but Republicans balked, accusing the Democrats of attempting to embarrass the Administration by overstating the bailout's immediate price tag. Putting $30 billion off budget, however, will increase the eventual cost of this year's bailout expenditures by an estimated $3 billion over the next three decades. That is because the off-budget money will have to be borrowed by the Resolution Funding Corporation, the Government agency responsible for restructuring the thrift industry, which will have to pay investors higher interest rates than the Treasury pays...