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...Bush's initiatives have come across as wise. The President seemed to be toadying to the communist Chinese rulers who massacred pro-democracy demonstrators last June. He made a mockery of his sanctions against Beijing -- which called for, among other things, a ban on high-level political exchanges -- by twice sending Scowcroft and Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger to the Chinese capital; their first visit, in July, came to light only last week. Beijing has yet to reciprocate with any significant concession, and last week expressed "utmost shock and strong condemnation" of the Panama invasion. But the U.S. moves...
...didn't." Secrecy obviously is necessary in planning something like a Panama invasion. But Bush and his confidants have on occasion carried it to the point of deliberately misleading Congress and the public -- not to mention ranking members of their own Administration -- as with the supposed ban on high-level political talks with the Chinese...
This time, by golly, no one would call George Bush timid. Quite the contrary, the President made a rare appearance as Bush the riverboat gambler. By sending a high-level delegation to Beijing to confer with Chinese authorities who only six months earlier had ordered the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators near Tiananmen Square, Bush knew he would stir up a hurricane of outraged protest. And for what? The slender chance that China would respond with concessions that could begin to melt the ice in U.S. relations with the world's most populous nation...
Those doubts were mirrored by the other members of a high-level U.S. mission that was searching for ways to assist Poland in building a free-market economy. Arriving in Warsaw two weeks ago, the delegation of Bush Administration officials, business executives, labor leaders and academics fanned out on scouting trips, touring farms, factories, coal mines and training centers and surveying the Polish telephone system...
...high-level waffling was the latest manifestation of a debate that has raged within the White House over the proper role of Government in what is becoming an increasingly global economy. Is federal intervention necessary to tip the scales of corporate decision making from short-term gain to long-term planning? Can the state stimulate private industry without making firms dependent on Government handouts? The Bush Administration is torn. Many staff members, at the Commerce and Defense departments believe that robust electronics industries are vital to the national security and should be fostered by the Government. But conservatives...