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Eight years later, Bush still saw foreign policy as his ticket to the White House and the true measure of presidential achievement. After Michael Dukakis' rousing performance at the 1988 Democratic Convention, Bush was down 17 points in the polls. A rash of silly sloganeering and low blows ensued (remember...
At week's end Saddam's tirade against his Arab neighbors for countenancing American aid tipped most other Arab nations to Bush's view of the Iraqi danger. To their rhetorical anger, they have now added a pledge of Arab ground forces and support for the economic isolation of Iraq...
The breakdown in talks left Bush exactly where he did not want to be: severed from his "no-new-taxes" pledge with nothing to show for it. Darman calculated months ago that Bush could survive the political hit for his U-turn on taxes if in return he solved the...
The emerging harmony of international opinion, however, was scant consolation for Kuwait, since no one appeared actually willing to come to the defense of the tiny state and its 1.9 million people. While Iraq in the face of the world's condemnation promised to bring its troops home beginning five...
Right after taking office, Fujimori replaced the heads of the navy and air force, and declared a two-day bank holiday to give himself time to prepare his economic rescue program. But the President's economic team has been torn by disagreements, leading several members to resign. In a reversal...