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...openly challenging her authority was widely seen as a symptom of her habit of praying and delaying. Yet her admirers point to the Enrile firing as an example of an inspired sense of timing. "She's an extraordinarily good judge of people and performance," says Republican Senator Richard Lugar, who led the U.S. team of observers at the February elections and returned to Manila in August. "She has instinctive feelings of loyalty and of who is pulling with...
...calls for a housecleaning at the White House are coming from Republicans. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana and House GOP leader Bob Michel of Illinois have taken the lead in urging Reagan to replace White House chief of staff Donald T. Regan...
...permitted delay "might be 18 hours, but not 18 months." Anyway, the Democrats claim, Section 501 demands that prior notice be given at least to the eight senior leaders no matter what. Says Congressman Wright: "The law is not ambiguous." Even some Republicans agreed. Said Indiana's Richard Lugar, outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "I suspect the President does not understand...
...might result in stricter requirements that diplomatic efforts be part of any U.S. policy toward Nicaragua. A Democratic- dominated committee, especially one with members as outspoken as Delaware's Biden, is likely to debate the President's policies far more vigorously than the Republican-controlled panel headed by Richard Lugar...
...gambit backfired badly. A furious Lugar denounced Botha's warning as "despicable" and bordering on "bribery and intimidation." Somewhat startled, Botha shot back that it was the first time he had heard that "one was not supposed to provide information to an American Senator." His riposte seemed relatively mild, considering that the bill under review was designed specifically and solely to influence South African policy. Still, Botha apparently failed to appreciate the Senate's carefully nurtured view of its proceedings as "deliberative" and free from apparent coercion...