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...tensions mounted, White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater implied that the U.S. was reviewing its military options to oust Noriega. Washington announced it would dispatch 1,300 additional troops to Panama this week to bolster security for American facilities and citizens along the Panama Canal. The force will complement a 10,000-troop garrison stationed at U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Panama. But Wayne Smith, a U.S. diplomat in Latin America from 1979 to 1982 and now a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, warned against using U.S. force to topple the general. Said...
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that among the steps the president ordered under provisions of the International Emergency Economic Powers...
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Reagan was informed of the indictments by Kenneth Duberstein, his deputy chief of staff. Speaking of Reagan, Fitzwater said, "He had no response," He said there was no White House comment because "It's a matter before the courts...
...Washington the Reagan Administration firmly backed the failed effort to oust Noriega. "We want to reiterate our unqualified support for civilian constitutional rule in Panama," said White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. With 10,000 troops at U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Panama, Washington is sensitive to charges that it seeks to bully its neighbor. Yet Vice President George Bush talked tough while campaigning in South Carolina for the Republican presidential nomination. "We're not going to be pushed around about the defense of the Panama Canal," Bush said. "We will do whatever is necessary to protect American interests...
...forcefulness of Watkins' proposals seemed to catch the Administration off guard. "We'll have to look at the specifics," said White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. "We want a realistic assessment of what the problem is and how much it's going to cost, and it sounds like that's what they're going to give us." Says Domestic Policy Adviser Gary Bauer: "We wouldn't dismiss anything just because of the cost." Still, skeptics doubt whether the President or Congress will really use the ambitious blueprint as a guide. Watkins professes to be unconcerned. "It's not in our charter...