Word: loyalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remain in power. Next day he dispatched a second message, advising Marcos that he as well as his family and close associates was welcome to live in the U.S. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes announced that American military aid to the Philippines would be cut off if troops loyal to Marcos used the army against the Philippine reform movement forces led by Enrile and Ramos. On Sunday evening, Shultz and Under Secretary of State Armacost met at the State Department with Blas Ople, Marcos' Minister of Labor, who had come to Washington to plead the Philippine President's case. According...
...diverse interests, the firm remains "loyal to the President," says Black. "We would never lobby against Star Wars, for example." The firm has nonetheless attacked the President's tax-reform bill on behalf of corporate clients seeking to preserve their loopholes, and it did not hesitate to lobby for quotas on shoe imports on behalf of the Footwear Industries of America, even though Reagan strongly opposed the bill as protectionist. And at times the firm does show some selectivity. A few years back, it turned down Libya's Muammar Gaddafi as a client...
...deliberately cautious tone. With two key U.S. military installations, Subic Bay Naval Station and Clark Air Base, at stake, the Administration did not want to rush into a denunciation of Marcos. The Philippine leader has a reputation for ruthlessness, and U.S. officials were concerned that he might use loyal elements of the military to crush his opponents. On the other hand, the White House did not want to be seen as abandoning Aquino, thereby driving at least part of the moderate opposition into the arms of the Communist New People's Army...
...sign of restiveness. There had been widespread speculation, however, that he would be leaving the Marcos Cabinet. But there was no warning that the Harvard law graduate and architect of martial law would help mount a revolt. What may have tipped the scales was Enrile's discovery that officers loyal to Marcos were about to arrest opposition leaders and members of the military-reform movement. The allegation was later denied by the Philippine President...
...military is deeply divided in its allegiance. Officers loyal to Ver have been given promotions, plum assignments and extended tours of duty beyond retirement age. Critics of Ver, finding their advancement blocked by aging generals and a system that rewards political connections rather than merit, have taken their grievances to the press. They accuse their senior officers of encouraging graft and corruption, of human rights violations, interference in elections and a general lack of professionalism. They almost unanimously point to Ver as the man responsible for the military's lack of cohesion and poor morale...