Word: insist
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...officials insist they were as shocked as anyone else when the White House on May 19 fired the entire seven-person travel-office staff without any proof or even formal accusation of wrongdoing. The White House got the FBI to confirm that it was investigating the travel office, as official guidelines permit if another agency or "credible person" first breaks the news. But on Friday, May 21, as reporters' questions became far more persistent, John Collingwood, head of the FBI press office, was summoned from lunch to an impromptu meeting at the White House. With communications director George Stephanopoulos, press...
...economic troubles at home required a smaller world role for Washington, which would expect more from its allies and not give the world so firm a lead. This approach "is not different by accident but by design," said Tarnoff. Moving with uncharacteristic speed, Christopher promptly telephoned Washington reporters to insist that the U.S. world role is undiminished. "When it is necessary, we will act unilaterally to protect our interests," the Secretary later elaborated in a Minnesota speech. "Where collective responses are appropriate, we will lead in mobilizing such responses. But make no mistake: we will lead." A disgusted U.S. diplomat...
...half. Clinton can reflect that the polls can just as easily bounce the other way: he has plenty of time to recover from his error-filled start. Still, intimates say Clinton has been "sobered" by "how fast and how far he has fallen." Though most of them continue to insist the President seems to enjoy tough challenges, his advisers say they can detect the stress. Says one confidant: "He says he is fine. But he doesn't sound fine...
While the staff can be blamed for some of the confusion, even his closest advisers insist that Clinton is a big part of the problem. "A lot of it can't be laid at anyone's doorstep but his own," said one last week. Democratic Party elders admit to being stunned by Clinton's judgment lately. Having his $200 haircut and allowing a Hollywood producer to work out of a White House office and then intervene on behalf of friends to win White House air-charter business have done serious damage to his public standing. "The best politician the Democratic...
True schizophrenia patients often hide their symptoms and insist that nothing unusual is happening. It takes skill to identify some kinds of insanity. Last December, Shaw's pro bono lawyer Sean O'Brien brought in Georgetown neurologist Jonathan Pincus to interview Bobby...