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Isaacson is accustomed to dealing with knotty political issues. He joined TIME as a staff writer in 1978 and a year later became a correspondent in Washington, where he covered the presidential campaigns of Senator Ted Kennedy and former California Governor Ronald Reagan. He returned to the Nation section in 1981 as a writer. Four years later he was made a senior editor, and in January of this year he became Nation editor. "The Nation section is faced with a wide variety of potential stories to explore each week," says Isaacson. "The challenge is to figure out what is important...
When Ronald Reagan approvingly cited former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick's argument that "authoritarian" right-wing regimes were not as insidious as "totalitarian" Communist ones, many observers assumed that he was making the distinction a central tenet of his foreign policy. Authoritarian governments, however repressive, could be tolerated as long as they supported U.S. interests; besides, by their nature they were more susceptible to change than totalitarian governments, as Haiti and the Philippines were to prove. But last week the Administration sought to clarify its views on dictatorships and in the process seemed to depart, albeit slightly, from the Kirkpatrick...
...Administration's strongest stand to date against the regime, which came to power 13 years ago. The same day, Assistant Secretary of State Chester Crocker implied that the U.S. favored black "majority rule" in South Africa and called guerrillas in the African National Congress "freedom fighters," a term Reagan has used only for anti-Communist insurgents. But when Crocker's statements made headlines, officials insisted they represented no change in long-standing policy...
...nuance may be occurring, the Administration is clearly trying to create a framework that links U.S. support for democratic opponents of the recently toppled right-wing regimes in Haiti and the Philippines with its support for contra rebels fighting the left-wing regime in Nicaragua. A House vote on Reagan's $ 100 million aid package for the contras is scheduled for this week (see ESSAY). "Important choices now rest with the Congress," said Reagan last week, "to betray those struggling against tyranny . . . or to join in a bipartisan national endeavor to strengthen both freedom and peace...
...most Congressmen acknowledge this need, some are trying to bring black programs under closer scrutiny. Last week a House Armed Services panel met twice to grill Defense officials on the management of the clandestine projects. One reason for the concern is the astounding growth of the programs during the Reagan Administration. According to an analysis of the Pentagon budget by the National Journal, black budgets for researching, developing and procuring secret weapons increased from a mere $892 million in 1981 to $8.6 billion for the up-coming fiscal year. Legislators are concerned that major strategic and budgetary decisions are being...