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During the 2½ years Brown and Duncan worked together at the Pentagon, says one senior staffer with only slight exaggeration, Brown and Duncan became "fully interchangeable parts." Duncan, 52, had areas of special responsibility: the politically sensitive matter of "base realignments," the Defense Department's euphemism for shutting...
Jordan will now have the power to make middle-level decisions in Carter's stead. From the Cabinet and federal agencies, Jordan explains, policy suggestions will come to both Domestic Affairs Adviser Stuart Eizenstat and Foreign Affairs Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. If either of these two fails to reach agreement...
Jordan did not particularly want to be chief of staff, but he vowed, "If I do it, it won't be done in a half-assed way." As he took command last week, he seemed determined to carry out that pledge. Said he: "I'll have to change...
The old vision abroad of an incorrigibly profligate America led to skepticism about Carter's energy speeches. "I cannot believe Carter," said Thomas Jensen, an Oslo plumber, "until I see his words transformed into results, and that depends on Americans, who waste energy so badly." Vienna's daily...
Will the U.S. be able to catch the Soviets if they cheat under the SALT II treaty? The answer may determine the fate of the arms limitation accord in the Senate. As the Foreign Relations Committee ended its second week of hearings on the pact, Delaware Democrat Joseph Biden said...