Word: protection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Woodward admits that his first attempt to enter Casey's hospital room in late January was thwarted by a CIA guard. Woodward says he returned a few days later but refuses to give more details of how he got in, presumably to protect the insider who helped him. He denies that he used an alias or disguised himself as a doctor. "Why was I the only journalist who tried to visit the hospital when Casey held the key ((to a central question in the Iran-contra affair))?" asks Woodward. "It's Journalism...
...wide-ranging speech at Brandeis University, the six-term Congressman blasted the nation's current Middle Eastern policy, which has sent U.S. warships into the wartorn region to protect international shipping lanes. "If I am [elected] president, I am not going to send our troops to the Persian Gulf when we are buying oil from the country that threatens...
...University invites highly controversial speakers who provoke physical reactions--both violent and non-violent--in some people. If Harvard seriously wants to protect the "rights" of such speakers on campus, it should do so by responding to violence with force and to non-violent protest with negotiation. A speech should not be cancelled until the Harvard Police--or the speaker himself--begin to fear for the safety of the speaker...
...goalie went out of the goal...I guess to protect his players," Harvard Coach Mike Getman said. "Bonnie was alert, took the kick...
Indeed, neither branch was eager to force the war-powers issue just after the politically popular U.S. military action. To mollify the Senate and House, Reagan sent letters to both bodies reporting on the U.S. seizure of the Iran Ajr and defending it as "necessary to protect U.S. vessels and U.S. lives from unlawful attacks." More such action would follow if needed, Reagan wrote. He made this report, he explained, in a "spirit of mutual cooperation toward a common goal." The ploy may have helped defuse the congressional rebellion. The Senate postponed until this week any decision on whether...