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That's why Bob Dole's recent, forceful questioning of Bush's Iran-contra role is entirely in order. We hope that Bush recognizes the validity of concerns about his knowledge of the fiasco and soon discloses his involvement. It is not a hopeful sign, however, that so far his...
Moreover, Americans will turn increasingly to homemade goods rather than imports. "A larger share of total domestic demand will be satisfied by domestic production," says Saul Hymans, professor of economics at the University of Michigan. To meet the increased demand, U.S. companies will have to boost capacity, and that will...
There was virtually no talk of children, homes or hobbies. The Soviet leader was at work. In his forceful way, Gorbachev left little doubt that he cast ^ himself as a man of destiny, that his reforms would make or break the Soviet nation. Looking straight at Cheney, he said, "This...
Left to its own instincts and devices, the Reagan Administration might have abandoned both tracks of the 1979 decision. Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, the Administration's most forceful and persistent skeptic about traditional arms control, would have preferred to let the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) negotiations languish...
For Nixon and Gorbachev, SDI was "the only major substantive issue we discussed." Nixon's memo summarized Gorbachev's forceful objections to the program in a way that seemed calculated to make it difficult for Reagan to dismiss them as unreasonable.