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The President has got used to winning just about anything he wants, even from Democrats. Last week he suffered his first really embarrassing defeat in choosing policymakers, the rejection of Ernest W. Lefever as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, at the hands of Republicans. After...
One of the four supporters, S.I. Hayakawa of California, talked with Lefever, who by then had scant chance of winning on the Senate floor. Lefever quickly withdrew, even as the White House was still lobbying, if halfheartedly, for support.
Lefever's bitter resignation letter to Reagan began: "I am blameless of the charges and innuendoes against my integrity and my compassion. I do not wish any longer to put up with the kind of suspicion and character assassination that some of my adversaries have used to besmirch my...
Secretary of State Alexander Haig evidently does not share the enthusiasm of Helms for Lefever: Haig told the nominee that he would not put up much of a fight for confirmation. Around Foggy Bottom the Assistant Secretary-designate has been isolated and ignored since the day he moved in. Still...
If the committee rejects Lefever, the nomination could still be brought before the full Senate for a vote. But the Administration may well reckon the political costs of such an unorthodox move-and the inevitable, even more acrimonious public battle that would ensue-as not worth the effort. -By Kurt...