Word: formers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Later that morning, yet another traditional portent of stormy political weather in Washington appeared at the White House. Gaunt and dignified, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, 72, the all-purpose confidant of every Democratic President since Harry Truman, was coming to give what aid he could. Carrying his hat in one hand and his attache case in the other, Clifford strode slowly but purposefully across the North Lawn to the West Wing and Brzezinski's office...
...seven were closeted at CIA headquarters at Langley, Va., scrutinizing the data on the Soviet troops in Cuba and cross-examining U.S. intelligence chiefs. Over the weekend the seven and the other members (including former Secretaries of State Dean Rusk and Henry Kissinger) were to receive a thorough briefing on Vance's talks with the Soviets. Then they planned to huddle with Carter and top White House aides. Although the process seems time consuming, the outside experts would not be asked to reach a consensus, but would be used as a sounding board for Administration officials...
Opponents of SALT II got some strong support from former President Gerald Ford. In Vladivostok in 1974 he had begun the negotiating process that led to the proposal now before the Senate. Ford said he could not back the treaty without the assurance that the U.S. would increase its military spending. Said he: "To use SALT as an answer to our defense needs is the most dangerous kind of wishful thinking...
Candidates who have not yet replied to the invitations are President Carter, California Gov. Jerry Brown, Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.), Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) and former California Gov. Ronald Reagan...
Candidates who have not yet received invitations include Gen. Alexander Haig, former Supreme Commander of NATO, Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) and Benjamin Fernandez, a chicano California businessman...