Word: nunn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does that mean a shooting war, or will one of those mysterious "threats to national security" do the trick? Clearly, it's a matter of when the political pressure in favor of a draft overwhelms the President's dubious enthusiasm for the all-volunteer force. With Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and his hawkish honchos on Capitol Hill gunning hard, a draft within the next several years wouldn't be at all shocking...
...proceed if the Saudis did not support the Middle East peace process and that Americans would have a role in operating the planes "well into the 1990s." The document originated at a meeting in early October at Virginia Republican John Warner's house, attended by Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn and top White House aides. Wavering Senators were allowed to amend the letter to make sure that their particular concerns were addressed. "The object is to let a lot of Senators get their fingerprints on it," said a top White House official. Said Oregon Republican Robert Packwood, a leader...
...picking up support, the Administration is backing a resolution originally proposed by Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia and co-sponsored by Republican John Warner of Virginia. The details were worked out at Warner's Georgetown home with Presidential Aides James Baker, Richard Allen and Edwin Meese. The Nunn-Warner Resolution, which is backed by 24 other Senators, would place general restrictions on the use of any exported AWACS. Among them: no third country would have access to the technology or the information gathered without U.S. consent, all data must be continuously shared with the U.S., and the planes would...
...going to win," a top aide to the President exulted as he watched the Senators changing their minds. "I feel good about it for the first time." But it will not be that easy for the Administration. As Georgia's Nunn put it: "Until now they've been lost in their own end zone. Now they're finally on the playing field. But it's still a long, long way to score." - By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Douglas Brew and Johanna McGeary/ Washington
...spring of 1980 Nunn was unsure whether the production could go ahead. "There was a script for Play I, but Play II was a morass. So John Caird and I went away to a hotel renowned for its good food. I figured we'd run out of time, but John argued vehemently that we could still do it. We were sitting at a table for two, our voices rising in the middle of this exclusive restaurant. We must have resembled nothing so much as two gays who'd gone away for the weekend to sort out their relationship." Nunn...