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...Cabinet members cheering Ronald Reagan's triumphant return to Washington from Geneva last week provided the appearance of an Administration united behind his summit success. Such homecoming harmony, however, was preceded by internal rivalries that lasted right up to the President's departure for his first meeting with a Soviet leader and threatened to undermine his negotiating credibility. Reagan was furious when he learned that a letter from Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, urging him to hang tough on arms control, had been leaked to the New York Times and the Washington Post. The President's mood did not improve after...
...letter was the covering note attached to a Pentagon study that Reagan had requested on alleged Soviet violations of past arms agreements. In a somewhat patronizing tone, Weinberger cautioned his Commander in Chief against making any concessions to Mikhail Gorbachev that would "limit severely your options for responding." U.S. commitment to strict compliance with the antiballistic missile treaty of 1972, warned Weinberger, could eventually hamper progress on the President's vaunted Strategic Defense Initiative. That militant position was hardly a new one for Weinberger, but the timing of his latest warning gave the Soviets an opening to charge that...
...proposal, which the President supports despite its provisions for cutting military spending. The Secretary's credibility on Capitol Hill has shrunk to the point where Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Barry Goldwater bluntly told Weinberger at his most recent appearance, "You haven't answered any of our questions." Yet Reagan seemingly retains faith in his longtime and unquestionably loyal associate. When asked in Geneva whether he had any plans to fire Weinberger, the President responded with a blunt "Hell, no!" That is the only correspondence Weinberger needs to remain a member of the Reagan team. --By William R. Doerner. Reported...
...billed as "Style Wars" and "Tea and Empathy." Nancy Reagan, the polished Southern California socialite, and vivacious Raisa Gorbachev, the uniquely style-conscious Soviet First Lady, were advertised as going coiffure to coiffure in a well-scripted spate of public relations appearances while their husbands went eyeball to eyeball over substance behind closed doors. In fact, while the women generated little real warmth in private discussions, they nevertheless displayed a dignity that transcended the much hyped designer-dress face-off. Pressed by a reporter about style-wars comparisons, Nancy Reagan aptly retorted: "I really think that's a little silly...
...contrast between the two First Ladies was most evident at an afternoon tea staged by Nancy Reagan at Maison de Saussure. The experienced American First Lady, 64, confidently sat back in her chair as the flock of photographers swirled around, strobes flashing; Raisa Gorbachev perched anxiously forward at the edge of her seat. When the press was at last safely outside, the women engaged in a drawing-room version of their husbands' fireside summit discussions, the hostess serving a flavored beverage, Celestial Seasonings Almond Sunset tea ($1.69 for 24 bags), which she had carried along from the U.S. Raisa Gorbachev...