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At the moment, the plan has hit even rougher waters at home from those who think a challenge is being thrown to Iran without full consideration of the risks. A broad array of critics has come out opposed. Henry Kissinger, despite his sensitivities to Soviet aggrandizement, warned of the implications...
Though these visitors were out of office, they still formed quite a data bank. Melvin Laird had been Richard Nixon's Secretary of Defense and John Vessey the Chairman of Ronald Reagan's Joint Chiefs. James Schlesinger had run the CIA for Nixon and then the Defense Department for Nixon...
When the evening ended, Sukhodrev sidled up to Helms, smiled and said warmly, "I never expected to meet a chief of the CIA." It was one of those poignant moments that sometimes occur in the tortured destinies of the superpowers. Archadversaries come together and find their instincts are to like...
Other officials, who performed capably and honestly in office, were capsized by matters they had been involved in before taking office. J. Lynn Helms, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, resigned after it was disclosed that grand juries and federal agencies were probing some of his past business ventures. Max...
Former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger is due to report in June on what should be done with the porous white elephant. Reagan has appointed a commission headed by Melvin Laird, another former Defense Secretary, to suggest ways out of both the new embassy dilemma and the penetration of the...