Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have the courage to ask her to quit, Burford remained steadfastly loyal to the President. "I love that guy," she said, "and I'd be proud to serve him any place." The affection was mutual. Notoriously reluctant to cut loose loyal aides in distress, Reagan continued to insist in his press conference on Friday that Burford was a martyr hounded to resign by environmental activists and a scandal-hungry press. He called her "a far bigger person than those who have been sniping at her with unfounded charges ... I wonder how they manage to look at themselves...
Byrne and other Administration officials insist that the sale will mean "significant savings" to the taxpayer. In fiscal 1984, the estimated cost of operating all satellites will be about $200 million. At present, the White House cannot estimate how much the Government would save by buying satellite data. To look into such questions, Congress plans to launch hearings, an action that could scrub the Administration's plan before it lifts...
...situation is just as serious although less obvious. To rebuild itself Lebanon will require billions of dollars in economic aid. This aid will depend heavily on sound and friendly trade relations between Lebanon and its brother Arab states. Yet the Israelis are indifferent to this fact and continue to insist that Lebanon enter into an open trade agreement before troop withdrawals take place...
...matter now stands, American exporting companies are required by the Export Administration Act of 1979 to insist in contracts with the buyers of their defense-sensitive products that the items cannot be re-exported to any East bloc nations. That law, which will expire in September, has already prompted an intense backstage battle between the Commerce and Defense departments on future methods of tightening controls over such exports...
...Reagan Administration, meanwhile, is deeply dissatisfied with the performance of the Salvadoran military machine. Its commanders insist on broad and expensive battalion-size sweeps of the countryside, rather than the small-unit, anti-insurgent tactics urged by the U.S. trainers. The high command is rife with political infighting. Complains an official close to Reagan: "We have to deal with barracks politics as well as the attitude of 9-to-5 fighting...