Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public announcement of the proffered resignations produced a level of alarm and dismay that apparently surprised Carter and his inner circle. When the State Department reported that there was consternation in several overseas chancellories about what the effect might be on U.S. foreign policy, Carter authorized top aides to disclose that he would not accept the resignations of Vance, Defense Secretary Harold Brown and National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Almost everyone else was left to sweat out the President's decisions...
Jordan will now have the power to make middle-level decisions in Carter's stead. From the Cabinet and federal agencies, Jordan explains, policy suggestions will come to both Domestic Affairs Adviser Stuart Eizenstat and Foreign Affairs Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. If either of these two fails to reach agreement with Cabinet members, Jordan will step in before the dispute reaches Carter. Says he: "I will not be the pre-eminent policy person ... I see my role as one of coordination, accountability and responsibility...
...group of students' car was burglarized and Biddle said he is worried about the extremely large amounts of cash foreign students are carrying. For the most part, however, the program has not had any major problems so far, he said...
...Summer School has hired 20 college students as language counselors to help the foreign students with extracurricular activities or career interests. It is their responsibility to help students find people who they can talk to, in English, about their interests...
Yesterday counselors tried to acquaint the foreign students with their surroundings by taking them to banks, the post office, the swimming pool, restaurants and supply stores, and showing them how to use the transportation system, the libraries and the phones...