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Attorney General Edwin Meese and Assistant Attorney General Stephen Trott have been among Noriega's staunchest supporters. They cite his willingness this year to have Panama's bank-secrecy laws amended to allow U.S. investigators limited access to drug-money accounts. In an effort to scuttle a resolution critical of...
None of the candidates in Little Rock could rightfully claim to have captured the mind of the South. Jesse Jackson, with his characteristic charismatic cadences, triggered the most enthusiastic response. Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee, the only Southerner in the race, won a meaningless straw poll. Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt...
Even though pollsters claim that three-fourths of the nation's blacks want Jackson to run again, most black political leaders remain opposed. With Ronald Reagan out of the way, black politicians visualize a Democrat in the White House. They insist that Jackson's candidacy will deter other candidates from...
In Washington, Secretary of State George Shultz declared that the freeze on aid to Panama would continue until the "emergence of civilian, democratic control." A bipartisan group of Senators that included conservative Jesse % Helms and liberal Edward Kennedy announced they would sponsor legislation to continue the aid freeze indefinitely. In...
With the rate of infection rising rapidly among black and Hispanic intravenous drug users, AIDS may become a predominantly minority disease. -- Reagan and Central American leaders present rival peace plans for Nicaragua. -- Jesse Jackson, once the angry outsider, is courting white voters with a new moderate image. -- L. A.' s...