Word: quos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, called a press conference and insisted that the brigade be withdrawn. Otherwise, he said, the Senate would not approve SALT. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance made matters worse by declaring that the U.S. would "not be satisfied with the maintenance of the status quo," a statement that he had worked out with Carter. The Administration was off on a course that nobody intended or wanted, one that could have resulted in a nasty and needless confrontation with the Soviets and the defeat of the SALT II treaty in the Senate...
...hastily scheduled NSC sessions were called to help the President decide on what action he might take if Moscow refused to bow to U.S. demands for a change in the status quo in Cuba. Such a refusal appeared increasingly likely, as Vance had made absolutely no progress during talks earlier in the week in Manhattan with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Only two hours after saying goodbye to Gromyko on Thursday, Vance was back in Washington to brief Carter at the White House. Immediately after that, the two men headed for the Cabinet Room and the first...
...went public with the matter on Aug. 30, and did so in an unexpectedly bellicose way. As a result of his hawkish stance and the hard-line position taken by a number of other officials, including Vance early on ("I will not be satisfied with maintenance of the status quo") and Carter at times, the dispute became enormously magnified. It acquired, despite its humble origins, a symbolic importance that could not be completely discounted. In the world of superpower relations, where images are important, neither side was willing to appear to be backing down, even though a solution...
...Cuba. The President's reply: "We are now trying through diplomacy to get the Soviets to eliminate the combat nature of this unit. I don't know yet whether we will succeed. If we do not succeed, we will take appropriate action to change the status quo." What did he mean by appropriate action? Replied Carter: "How to deal with this successfully is not an easy task. But we'll do the best we can." Carter also went out of his way to say that the Soviets were lying about the nature of the troops, an accusation...
...history of antagonism between blacks and Jews goes back many years and has been deeply hurtful to both people. This pitting of one oppressed group against another has only served to help maintain the status quo and to make real gains for either group...