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...that he has presidential reference points, the President talks less of his experiences as Governor of California. His interest in foreign policy has expanded, his respect for Secretary of State Alexander Haig deepened, his liking for Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan grown. He has developed, too, more sympathy for-of all people-Jimmy Carter...
...problem remains: getting a Palestinian autonomy agreement. Increasingly uneasy about this, the Reagan Administration has at last decided to appoint a special Middle East negotiator, a post that was held by Ambassador Sol Linowitz during the Carter Administration but has remained vacant for the past year. Haig was reluctant to appoint a special envoy in part because he feared that if the talks failed, the Administration risked losing credibility in the Arab world. Now that Haig seems to have changed his mind, the almost certain choice for the job is General Brent Scowcroft, 56, a former adviser to the National...
...Haig will also visit Egyptian President Mubarak, whose main foreign policy priority is to get back the remaining one-third of the Sinai. The Egyptians have mixed feelings about the prospective naming by the U.S. of a special Middle East negotiator. On one hand, they welcome the step, feeling that only the U.S. can persuade the Israelis to compromise. "It is important for the U.S. to remain active all the time, not just seasonally," says Osama el Baz, a key Mubarak adviser. On the other hand, the Egyptians warned that the U.S. envoy should not try to pressure them into...
...government of Nicaragua. The items: two patrol boats, two Alouette III helicopters and 15 trucks. Paris also contracted to train a dozen Nicaraguan pilots and an equal number of sailors in the use of the equipment. Yet when word of the deal reached Washington, both Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger registered their "strong disappointment" at the decision of the French government. The reason: the sale ran directly counter to a growing sense of alarm in Washington over the arms buildup in Nicaragua. The arsenal is reaching unprecedented proportions for Central America, and has already turned...
Alexander Haig, 57, Secretary of State, on the many bodyguards around U.S. Government officials: "The other night when I leaned over to kiss my wife good night, I had to tell my security agent to roll over...