Word: kirkpatrick
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...most people, leaving high public office quickly leads to a loss of prominence. Not so for Jeane Kirkpatrick. Ten weeks after returning to private life from her four-year stint as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the blunt-spoken Kirkpatrick has become a star on the lecture circuit, a hero within her newly adopted Republican Party and probably the most talked-about, albeit undeclared, electoral newcomer on the political scene. Though Kirkpatrick finds the glare of personal celebrity "very unexpected," she is passing up few opportunities to make the most of it. "I get a lift from speaking...
Carl Gershman, 41, president of the NED and a former counselor to Jeane Kirkpatrick when she was U.N. Ambassador, seemed to have no mea culpas in mind. Citing the agreement that allowed the NED to "consult" with the IFP, Gershman expressed concern about a number of the selections -- Seymour Hersh's The Price of Power, Jonathan Kwitny's Endless Enemies and Jonathan Schell's The Fate of the Earth -- saying that they reflected the views "of only one segment of the American political spectrum." He asked not that they be withdrawn but that others from a conservative perspective be included...
...handling problems faced by Americans abroad) while men are given more powerful political, economic or administrative posts. The department counters that the situation has been improving. Among its witnesses will be Joan Clark, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. Not expected: former Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick, who charged in a speech last December that stiff resistance to women still exists in the diplomatic corps...
...Citizens for America and the Council on Inter-American Security, a conservative organization that held a Nicaraguan Freedom Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. An organization called the Nicaraguan Refugee Fund is planning a $250-a-plate dinner in Washington this week; the diverse guest list includes Jeane Kirkpatrick, Oscar de la Renta and Wayne Newton. The special guest: Ronald Reagan...
...Though Kirkpatrick has disclaimed any intention to seek elective office, she has carefully declined to rule out the possibility that she could be persuaded to change her mind in the future. When news of her impending registration change surfaced last week in Washington, she refused to discuss the matter, declaring that she could not engage in political discussions until her ambassadorial duties formally end on March 31. "I'm not denying it," she said of her switch in allegiance. "I've been making it fairly clear that I had to think seriously about bringing my formal registration into line with...