Word: interent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eidenberg, who served as assistant to the president on inter-governmental affairs, said he hopes to help "rebuild the Democratic Party from the local level up" and make the party "reach out to the millions of Democrats who didn't vote in the last election...
...proponent of high military spending. To a large extent, the Pentagon's acquisitiveness stems from its own organizational logic. Rivalries between the services encourage each--the Army, Navy, and Air Force--to push for programs that will strengthen their relative positions. One of the most unfortunate results of this inter-service rivalry was the development of multiple nuclear warheads for missiles or MIRVs...
...Three American nuns and a lay religious worker were murdered in El Salvador last December by a right-wing death squad. Though the junta's investigation into the deaths has been sluggish, John Bushnell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, defended the inquiry last week as "thorough...
...Panama or the U.S., to a plan for sending in as many as 100 advisers, who would train Salvadoran troops within the country and even accompany them on combat missions. Coordinating this review was a task force headed by James Cheek, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, and a career Foreign Service officer. Cheek's task force reported to an interagency group that included representatives from State, Defense, the CIA and the National Security Council...
...Administration and its allies in Congress were unmoved. State Department Spokesman William Dyess dismissed White as "emotional," one of the worst epithets a diplomat can use against another. John Bushnell, acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, asserted: "When the worldwide Communist network, aided by a super power, is making a determined effort, unless it is resisted by the other superpower, it succeeds." Bushnell coolly reminded the subcommittee that in the Administration's view no congressional approval is needed to send advisers to El Salvador...