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Whether any real cheer is warranted remains to be seen. Meanwhile, the White House chose former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft to head a new commission that will study ways to deploy the MX missile. Other members will include three former Secretaries of Defense and, reportedly, Alexander Haig, who quit as Reagan's Secretary of State only six months ago. The study will presumably lead the commission into a broad review of the composition and strategy of all U.S. nuclear forces, whether or not agreement can be reached with the Soviets on limiting them...
Lewis is unlikely to feel underused in the future. Last week he resigned his $69,630-a-year post as Transportation Secretary, making him the third official to leave the President's original Cabinet (the other two: Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Energy Secretary James Edwards). On Feb. 1, Lewis will take over as chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Amex Cable Communications, Inc., one of the country's largest cable companies, which has 147 cable systems in 27 states. It is jointly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., and American Express Co. Said Lewis...
Alexander Haig: "I'm trying to write a book that is informative and readable, without any kiss and tell. Of course, that's exactly opposite from what the publishers want...
Former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. calls a press conference to announce that "Even though I resigned a year ago today. I'm still in control...
Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig had previously made the accusation last year in West Berlin. According to last week's report, the U.S. has obtained from yellow-rain victims numerous blood, urine and tissue samples that are contaminated with rare fungal poisons known as mycotoxins, the key lethal ingredient in yellow rain. At a press conference that followed Shultz's statement, State Department officials showed one of two Soviet gas masks that they said had been captured in Afghanistan. One taken from the head of a dead Soviet soldier, the other obtained clandestinely in Kabul, each apparently...