Word: kalb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with gloomy silence by the Reagan Administration, which had worked hard to try to ensure a free, fair and, above all, credible outcome to the balloting. In Washington, State Department officials said that they would delay any formal U.S. response to the election until this week. Nonetheless, Spokesman Bernard Kalb took note of the reports of fraud and violence and termed them "regrettable." Privately, one Administration official disclosed that he and his colleagues were observing the Philippine developments with "nausea." Said he: "Marcos is running scared. He is letting it all hang out, and doesn't care who sees...
...compare with the reaction at the Department of State. Within moments, officials appeared in the pressroom to warn reporters that Washington had no confirmation of Duvalier's fall. The official disclaimer came at 1:45 p.m. at the daily State Department press briefing. "As of now," Spokesman Bernard Kalb said, "our information is that there has been no change of government." Kalb apologized for delaying the briefing by nearly two hours. "It took a bit more energy to get my act into shape," he joked...
...General Accounting Office and the inspector general's office of the Agency for International Development have done no better. "These audits have not found instances of misuse or misappropriation," State Department Spokesman Bernard Kalb said last week. A GAO team is currently in Manila trying to substantiate suspicions of misspent funds, but State Department officials expect no new findings when the team's report is published next month. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., is looking into whether millions of dollars in military aid have made their way into the pockets of high-ranking Philippine military officers...
...government abroad. This week he was to address the U.N. in Manhattan and possibly accept some invitations to speak around the U.S. The leader of the Sandinista revolution is likely to face a lot of tough questions and a measure of hostility during his visit. State Department Spokesman Bernard Kalb, for instance, said last week's civil liberties suspension demonstrated "the Sandinistas fear of their own people." Ortega will undoubtedly try to use his U.S. trip to change that impression...
...meantime, the U.S. efforts on behalf of the other Americans remain shrouded in secrecy. Kalb would say only that the U.S. "is now, has been and will continue to be in touch with numerous individuals and governments in an effort to obtain their release." President Reagan was vague too, but he indicated that the U.S. was taking what steps it could. "Unfortunately," said he, "we can't tell even the families (of the other hostages) all that we are doing...