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...Haig and the White House are now in accord, but will it last...
What this good is or who it will benefit is not clear, but we do know for sure that it includes refraining from exploiting women. Screw magazine is an easy target for charges of exploitation, not nearly as obvious as Time magazine, or other publications currently pandering Al Haig and the new Reaganism that promises to exploit the urban poor and the aged...
...excellent, a shade better than Jimmy Carter's rating at about the same time in 1977. But Reagan is only working half-days in the Oval Office. Perhaps as a result, the Administration's foreign policy is still in some disarray. Even before a politically weakened Alexander Haig flew off to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Rome, aides of the Secretary of State were trying to counter the impression that by its strong pro-Israel stance the Administration had given the Israelis the green light to attack Syrian positions in the danger-laden war in Lebanon...
Fearful that the Israelis could spark open warfare by trying to take out the missiles, the U.S. launched a concerted diplomatic campaign to defuse what Secretary of State Alexander Haig called a "very, very tense" situation. In Jerusalem, U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis told Begin bluntly that the U.S. was terribly worried about the possible escalation. In Washington, a task force was set up to monitor events. Under Secretary of State Walter Stoessel met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin and urged the So viets to restrain their Syrian ally. Meanwhile, the State Department scrambled to disavow any responsibility for approving...
...never asked for green lights or yellow lights, We are an independent state. But we are allies of the U.S. We consult with each other. When we have problems, we clarify them, but no pressure whatsoever is being exerted. [U.S. Ambassador Samuel] Lewis brought me a message from Secretary Haig stating that the U.S. would like to continue with diplomatic efforts, and they advised what is usually called restraint...