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...They were all loyal Democrats," remembers Nunn of those political giants. "But they all felt a political party was only a means to the end???a better America...
...Administration's view of the twisting path toward peace in the Middle East. Last week, as the Carter Administration launched a major drive to make good on one of its most cherished foreign policy goals?a resumption of the Middle East peace conference in Geneva by year's end???the President produced some mighty big zigs and zags. In the process ?deliberately or not?he also caused the quickest, deepest chill in years between a U.S. Administration and the Israelis and American Jewry. By week's end the frost had melted?a little. More important, Israel...
This was not the way a war should end. At least it was not the way in which many Americans had hoped it would end???by somehow fading away. As South Viet Nam verged on collapse, the scenes of chaos inflamed anew America's frustration and horror over its most tragic foreign experience...
...obviously populous place. The issues of the campaign, strangely enough, strike little fire?the talk is apt to be more of principles. Where Nixon supporters do discuss issues, their opinions tend toward the predictable: "peace with honor" in a war that the President inherited and is only trying to end???just don't turn it over to the Communists overnight. (It is interesting that the word Commie has all but disappeared from the political lexicon.) No amnesty for draft resisters. Busing is bad, or else does not matter much any more...
...Times selected the material it has run so far, Foreign Editor James Greenfield said that the editors started with specific decisions, then worked back to the documents that had led to the decisions. "We threw out literally hundreds of documents ?some that would have put your hair on end???because they didn't show how the decision was made." Despite qualms about the use of classified material, the majority of U.S. editors seems to feel that they would have acted like the Times if given the chance (see PRESS...