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...could not have been less apt. Just as Lebanese President Amin Gemayel arrived in Washington last week, in a desperate bid for U.S. help in rebuilding his shattered country, Israel took a step that could make that task virtually impossible. In a unanimous vote, the Israeli Cabinet approved a partial withdrawal of the country's forces in Lebanon. The pullback, which should be completed by October, could lead to what the U.S. most fears: the de facto partitioning of Lebanon between Israel and Syria, leaving Gemayel's government in control of only the area around Beirut...
...vacationing near Nice. In Washington the Lebanese President warned his hosts that if the U.S. did not persuade both Israel and Syria to withdraw their troops from Lebanon soon, his fragile government could collapse. Gemayel also expressed his opposition to Israel's redeployment plan. Said he: "The partial withdrawal gives the impression, unfortunately, and I can't believe it, that the U.S. effort has failed...
...Israeli decision guaranteed that the main topic of discussion between Gemayel and the U.S. would be the partial military withdrawal. Both Reagan and Gemayel disapproved of the decision, but the U.S. was prepared to go along with it. In a series of meetings that stretched over three days, U.S. officials assured Gemayel that they would stress to the Israelis that any redeployment should be the first stage of a complete pullout. To assuage Gemayel further, the Administration also agreed to transform $150 million in loans to the Lebanese into outright grants. But by the time Reagan met with Gemayel...
...move will shorten supply lines and make the Israeli forces less vulnerable to attack. But there are political advantages too. A partial withdrawal, Begin supporters could argue, is better than no withdrawal. Since the end of the war in Lebanon, 155 Israelis have died in the country and 2,600 have been injured. As a result, the continuing Israeli presence has eroded Begin's domestic support. In a poll published last week in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, only 30.9% named Begin as the person best suited to be Prime Minister, a sharp decline from 45% six weeks...
...more than 500,000 Americans. At President Gerald Ford's urging, a $100 million program was rushed into being to immunize people across the country. Not only did no epidemic break out, but 100 or so people came down with a syndrome, apparently connected to the vaccines, that caused partial paralysis. Ninety million unused doses were left over. Officials say that the swine flu debacle was one reason why the Carter Administration decided not to reappoint Dr. David Sencer, who was then the CDC director and is now Commissioner of the New York City Board of Health. Sencer was replaced...