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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from the embassy in Tehran, were convinced that the Shah should not be allowed into the U.S. even for emergency medical care. They cited explicit threats from members of the Revolutionary Council as well as from the Iranian embassy in Washington. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Newsom, who is in charge of day-to-day U.S. policy toward Iran, agreed with that assessment. He sought to persuade Secretary of State Cyrus Vance that, regardless of political and humanitarian motives, the granting of even a temporary visa to the Shah would have devastating consequences for American interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackmailing the U.S. | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Then the pace quickens. A CIA agent gives Vance a briefing at 7:30. At 7:40, he calls in Deputy Secretary Warren Christopher, Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Newsom, Director of Policy Planning Anthony Lake, and Secretariat Director Peter Tarnoff for a ten-minute meeting to pinpoint the day's problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vance: Man on the Move | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Yale and Harvard have both relied on their field brigades to do most of the offensive damage this year, but the similarities between the Ivy rivals end there. Although the Bulldogs have a few bona fide field performers, only freshman javelin thrower Jim Newsom (193 ft. 3 in.) should be a threat against the high-powered Crimson line...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Thinclads to Battle Hapless Elis Today | 4/23/1974 | See Source »

...arms assistance to Emperor Haile Selassie is still cloaked by security, State Department officials admit that U.S. bombs and ammunition have been used against insurgent rebels and that U.S. military advisers supervise the training of Ethiopian troops. In defense of this agreement, Assistant Secretary of State David Newsom told the subcommittee that disclosures about Ethiopia had not been made because of "the great sensitivity" of the Emperor. Presumably, in State Department thinking, the "sensitivity" of the American public and Congress to this major diplomatic undertaking was of lesser importance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW: HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE? | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

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