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...attacks on Democratic nominee-to-be Michael S. Dukakis in its front-page headlines and news articles, made the Rowan incident its lead story, with the obvious intent of discrediting not only a liberal, but a prominent writer for the paper it is supposed to compete with, The Washington Post...
...Washington Post reported that Cohen, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for tactical systems, is among those cooperating in the investigation...
Sources close to the case said this past week that Gaines is cooperating in the investigation. Those sources continued to make that assertion yesterday, while other sources and the Post said that while Gaines gave a statement to investigators earlier, he is not cooperating with prosecutors at this point...
Which makes Secretary of Defense Frank Charles Carlucci III the man on the spot -- and, simultaneously and somewhat surprisingly, the only rising star in the twilight of the Reagan Administration. Carlucci, 57, was appointed last fall to what looked like a caretaker's post, to pad out what was already the longest resume in Washington (positions in seven different agencies -- "one ahead of Elliot Richardson," he jokes). But acting like a caretaker is not in the nature of Carlucci, a far from faceless bureaucrat who boasts that in all his jobs "I don't think anybody has accused...
...more potent Khomeini loyalists is Rafsanjani, 53, who last week was re-elected Speaker of Parliament. That post, combined with his new designation as commander in chief, makes him the most powerful leader below Khomeini. Because he does not have the necessary religious credentials, Rafsanjani will never be able to inherit the Ayatullah's mantle. He may instead be content to serve as the power behind the throne of Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, Khomeini's designated successor as spiritual leader. But by assuming his new military duties Rafsanjani also risks becoming a scapegoat for future Iranian defeats...