Word: regan
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...insignia. They demanded that the weapons be sent back to Israel. Again, the President's memory is cloudy on whether he gave an O.K. to the sale. At first he told the board he had objected, and that is why the shipment was returned. Later he said he and Regan had agreed that "they cannot remember any meeting or conversation about a Hawk shipment...
...time the U.S. decided to sell arms directly to Iran, a formal presidential finding was necessary. Reagan signed one on Jan. 6, according to the report, but Regan told the board that the President had done so "in error." He signed another one on Jan. 17. Although the President did not read the covering memo explaining why the finding was needed, he does remember making the decision. He wrote in his diary, "I agreed to sell TOWs to Iran...
During the recovery from his prostate surgery, the President's energy was husbanded even more by Mrs. Reagan, and just at the time that the Iran-contra revelations were intensifying. Chief of Staff Don Regan tried to pressure Nancyinto letting the President defend himself publicly. She flared up. The day thatMarlin Fitzwater took over as press spokesman, she summoned him to her sitting room. "I make no apologies for protecting the President," she said. "The doctors say that it will take six weeks for him to fully recover. That is the way it is going to be." Fitzwater felt...
...chief of staff and his predecessor are about as different as two people can be. While Donald Regan is forceful and autocratic, Baker is easygoing and self-effacing. Regan had no feel for politics and disdained the often subtle maneuvering that makes for a constructive relationship between the White House and the Hill. Baker is the consummate insider. In three terms as a U.S. Senator from 1967 to 1985, he mastered the art of political compromise and cajolery. In all likelihood he will actively seek help outside the White House as he attempts to get the presidency back on track...
While Baker's selection was widely popular, his name had not even been on the President's short list of possible successors to Regan. It did not come up until Thursday afternoon, when the President met with his close friend Paul Laxalt, former Senator from Nevada. Laxalt himself had been considered, but he is still mulling a run for the presidency in 1988, and told Reagan he was not available; instead he recommended Baker. Two other key advisers, Attorney General Edwin Meese and Pollster Richard Wirthlin, agreed with the suggestion. Reagan phoned Baker that afternoon. Less than 24 hours later...