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...Halperin manage to get himself caught between the cross hairs of a confirmation hearing so savage it resembled a drive-by shooting? True, Halperin is a liberal icon whose career stretches from the Nixon Administration -- he resigned in 1970 over the White House's policy on Cambodia -- to Washington director of the American Civil Liberties Union. But it is his nomination to the Pentagon's newly created position in charge of peacekeeping operations abroad that has turned him into an object lesson in the way a band of conservative Congressmen, bureaucrats and ideological crusaders are using the Senate's confirmation...
...pounding was relentless. As the latest Clinton Administration nominee sat before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, Senators took their turns delivering the blows. First, South Carolina's nonagenarian Strom Thurmond took up the cudgel, blustering about what he called "a compelling prima facie case that ((Morton Halperin)) is unsuited for any position in the Pentagon" and calling him a man of "deeply flawed judgment" who has failed "to create an impression of reliability or trustworthiness." Then John McCain of Arizona spoke of "profoundly disturbing questions about Halperin's judgment, his credibility, and his suitability to hold a position...
Among the patchwork of right-wing alliances and interest groups currently yearning to take jabs at the Democrats, few stand in a better position to deliver a knockout punch than the Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. And in Halperin, they have a target so enticing that Republican staff members privately refer to him as "the real, red meat...
...Buchanan, the second biggest to Ross Perot; a dog wearing a "Barkin for Harkin" sandwich board got an arf (former Harkin aides were present). The eeriest reverse deja-vu moment came when the camera caught Begala outside a hotel doing his drop-dead Perot imitation to abc's Mark Halperin's decent Al Gore, a preview of the matchup the night before on Larry King Live. The deepest groan sounded when, on-screen, campaign chairman (now U.S. Trade Representative) Mickey Kantor, in his power tie and suspenders, enters a room full of jeans and T shirts with election-day returns...
WASHINGTON -- Republicans are girding to attack another Clinton nominee on ideological grounds. Morton Halperin is a former American Civil Liberties Union official who, the White House announced, will be nominated for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Democracy and Human Rights. In 1977, Halperin testified on behalf of Philip Agee, a left-wing former CIA officer who faced deportation from Britain. Senators opposed to Halperin include Republicans Trent Lott of Mississippi and Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina. While Halperin is said to be performing outstandingly in his interim Pentagon job, his Democratic support is weak, and sources say Clinton is backing...