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Chapin said he will leave for El Salvador this weekend to begin directing the U.S. embassy there, but declined to discuss U.S. involvement in the country's civil war, citing orders from Haig. He also declined to reveal why White lost his post...
Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig named him charge d'affaires to the Central American country, Chapin said yesterday. Chapin replaces Robert E. White--whom President Reagan removed Monday--and will serve until Reagan selects a permanent successor...
...there may be doubt about Reagan personally, there is no great discomfort about his ideological posture or about the views of his Cabinet. Fifty-three percent find Reagan neither too conservative nor too liberal, and 47% feel the same way about the Cabinet. Among Cabinet members and advisers, Alexander Haig, Reagan's choice as Secretary of State, draws the largest unfavorable response, 25%, though far more, 44%, say they like...
Except for Donovan, Reagan's Cabinet is expected to be quickly approved by the Senate this week. None faces strong opposition, including Haig. The 17-member Foreign Relations Committee voted to recommend his confirmation, with only Sarbanes and Tsongas dissenting, even though the committee did not receive logs of taped conversations between Haig and Nixon that had been subpoenaed from the National Archives. As anticipated, Nixon blocked the release of the materials by threatening a court challenge. The committee decided to continue to seek the logs and to reopen its inquiry into Haig later if necessary. That seems unlikely...
...rally on the Elipse, protesters chanted "No draft, no war, U.S. out of El Salvador," and "General Haig must go, we won't fight for Texaco." Massachusetts organizations at the rally included the Boston chapter of NOW, the Boston Alliance Against Registration and the Draft, the Progressive Student Coalition, the Coalition for MX Awareness and the Massachusetts Black Caucus...