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WASHINGTON--President-elect George Bush today named Texas oilman Robert Mosbacher secretary of commerce and tapped Carla Hills, the first woman named to a high-level post in the incoming administration, to be special trade representative...
...come closer to European-style socialism than American free enterprise. It is a scant defense to suggest that these hyperbolic words were scripted by Bush's handlers; a President too, if he does not exercise restraint, can be at the mercy of his speechwriters. Balanced against this is the high-level technical competence and inner harmony of the Bush team, which may well be a prelude to a consensus-driven, smoothly organized White House staff...
DEREK, I would like you to join my administration and help me build a stronger, more conservative America. There are many things about your record which clearly qualify you for a high-level position in my administration. I have done some real tough thinking about which positions I think you'd be most outstanding...
Considering how many problems Moscow and Beijing share in bringing their reform programs to fruition, it seems appropriate that the two countries announced last week that Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen would visit Moscow later this year. If Qian talks with Gorbachev, it will be the first high-level official meeting between the two countries since 1969. The move signals Beijing's approval of recent Soviet foreign policy moves, notably a reduction in Moscow-supported Vietnamese troops in Kampuchea. It also raised the possibility of a Sino-Soviet summit meeting between Gorbachev and Deng in Beijing next year. If that...
Nonetheless, high-level indignation over the Churbanov affair and the moral decay of the Brezhnev years was registered last week in Pravda. In a scathing article titled "The Son-in-Law and His Clan," Churbanov was depicted as a vain and ambitious man of limited abilities who exploited his connection with Brezhnev to climb up the hierarchy of the Soviet police. The newspaper made clear that he was only a tool in the hands of others, who were operating a mammoth racket in Uzbekistan to falsify cotton-production reports and swindle the state...