Word: foreign
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Although North alone may take the fall in court for the disastrous foreign policy decision of an entire administration to sell arms to Iran and divert the funds to help the Contras, it is now abundantly clear that this gung-ho lieutenant colonel was hardly a "loose cannon," but merely one cog in a comprehensive administration policy to subvert Congressional authority and deceive the American people...
Brazil and Columbia have sizeable deposits of the stuff, but the largest supplies are in two other countries. One is the U.S.S.R. It doesn't take a foreign policy expert to squirm at the thought of being dependent on the Soviets for our energy supply...
...ensuing conflict, the Viet Cong were able to cast themselves as defenders against a foreign invader, a time-honored role in Vietnam since the Mongol invasions in the middle ages...
Even if Bush blunders countless domestic and foreign issues, that damage will be only temporary. The damage he does to the institution of the presidency--by virtue of his take-no-chances management style--will be far more long-reaching...
Historian Clinton Rossiter noted that the president must wear many hats, and several of them seem to fit Bush comfortably. The former vice-president has more than fulfilled his duties as chief diplomat, entertaining foreign dignitaries by the dozen, at formal dinners and baseball games...