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...left and right, he stood in the huge middle ground, residing "somewhere in no-man's-land (excuse me, . . . no-person's-land), ducking the shrapnel from the p.c. bombs exploding in the popular press." When the Senate finally holds confirmation hearings, Hackney may want to consider wearing a flak jacket...
Despite the flak from interest groups, the Administration has some powerful political levers it can pull. Congressional Democrats are eager to help their President, though apprehensive about the costs of the reform the Administration is contemplating. Says a conservative Southern Senator: "Everyone knows that health care will be the issue that the President cashes in all his chips for. Democrats won't stray unless they have great reason to. But we still don't know how health-care reform will be paid for, and we're not just going to rubber-stamp the deal." Republicans, like the Democrats, are getting...
...such a model of integrity, at a time when lawyers are getting flak for not having any," Grant said...
While the House and Senate have approved Clinton's economic plan in principle, his Defense Secretary will face plenty of flak on the particulars. The newest argument that defense hawks may deploy is that the shaky situation in Russia could lead to a more hostile regime there. Last week the Pentagon chief acknowledged that possibility even while heading off second thoughts about the peace dividend. "Some of the big changes in the former Soviet Union are irreversible," he said. "For now, we can continue bringing down defense spending." So far, the public agrees. In a TIME/CNN poll...
...Sept. 30. Why the change of heart? If he resigns early, critics might claim the split between Powell and Clinton over gays in the military and other issues drove him out. Powell may be a military man, but he'd rather not leave office under a shower of flak...