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...Wilson and Democrat Dianne Feinstein, but also California congressional races and ballot initiatives. To do so, he teamed up with correspondent Jeanne McDowell and senior correspondent Edwin Reingold, who spent 11 years as Tokyo bureau chief, as well as photographer P.F. Bentley, a veteran of political campaigns in Haiti, Panama and El Salvador in addition to the U.S. The team's foreign experience gave it a rare perspective on U.S. politicking...
...especially propitious. For one thing, there is the p.r. problem of launching a war in the holiday season, though the U.S. went into Panama Dec. 20. For another, some 150,000 additional U.S. troops will not be in place until...
Washington is souring on the government it helped install in Panama 11 months ago. The chief source of unhappiness is the refusal of President Guillermo Endara's administration to sign a treaty that would, among other things, allow American investigators to look into secret bank accounts. Without such scrutiny, U.S. officials maintain, Panama will remain what it was under Manuel Noriega: a prime money-laundering center for drug cartels. And President Endara's problems extend well beyond the disapproval of his American benefactors. Some of his own colleagues complain about the influence exerted on Endara, 54, by his bride...
Although he once advised against intervention in Panama, Powell has earned a reputation as a man not afraid to use force to advance American interests. In the 13 months he has served as America's top soldier, Powell has steered several important military operations, including providing support for the government of the Philippines against a coup attempt, the invasion of Panama and the rescue of Americans trapped by the civil war in Liberia. After years of reluctant generals and admirals, the White House values Powell as a man who unhesitatingly carries out his mission...
...Iraqi crisis came too suddenly for the U.S. to do anything but ride to the defense of the oilfields. But once poised for battle, armies make war so easy to start -- and sometimes so gratifying, as in Panama...