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...Haig's resignation exemplifies a circumstance that exists in all professions and branches of life: success depends only partly on capability, gifts and genius. At least 50% must be credited to how a person is able to handle and get along with people...
...substance of Shultz's testimony was unremarkable. Understandably, he finessed all attempts by Democratic Senators to draw him into criticizing the Administration foreign policy. In his letter of resignation to Reagan, Alexander Haig complained that this policy was losing its "consistency, clarity and steadiness of purpose." But Shultz told the committee that he found it "pretty clear and consistent." While a number of foreign diplomats have expressed dismay at what they see as too many Administration officials offering conflicting statements, Shultz declared: "We have one policy: the President's policy...
What Mims saw and recorded in his way was what all 17 committee Senators who probed and then unanimously recommended Shultz had sensed. Namely, that he was a very different man from his predecessor, Alexander Haig, and that he would bring a new texture to the conduct of American foreign policy...
...thing that most impressed Percy was "his marvelous background in economics." Shultz, a Ph.D. economist, is the first of that breed to preside over America's diplomacy. Economics, Percy believes, lies at the heart of modern statecraft. "And Shultz is not a turf fighter," concluded Percy, referring to Haig's terminal impulse to battle over every perk...
...Chicago, went in and out of Government, academe and politics, and finally contended in the international corporate arena. Kissinger was a pure academic. The blue blood of the Council on Foreign Relations coursed through Lawyer Cy Vance. Ed Muskie of Maine was the pol in striped pants. And Haig was the general on parade...