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Casey, it was disclosed at the hearings, had even written Reagan when the furor erupted last November to ask that he fire Shultz. Recounted the Secretary: "Everybody was saying I'm disloyal to the President . . . I could see people were calling for me to resign . . . I was the one who was loyal to the President because I was the one who was trying to get him the facts so he could make a decision...
Given all the frustrations and rebuffs, why did Shultz not resign? In fact, Shultz testified, he offered to resign on three occasions, none directly related to the Iranian arms deals. The first was in 1983, when McFarlane took a secret trip to the Middle East without informing the State Department. The second was in 1985, after Shultz publicly opposed a plan for widespread lie- detector testing of federal employees, a stand that estranged him from the intelligence community led by Casey. The final attempt came last August, when Shultz ran into White House roadblocks to his travel plans. But Reagan...
...first time the admiral could remember seeing the infamous diversion memo at all was when Meese directly confronted him with it last Nov. 24. Poindexter said he promptly offered to resign; on the following day the Attorney General instructed him to do so. Strangely, however, Meese never asked Poindexter who approved the transfer of arms profits to the contras. Nor did White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan question Poindexter about the diversion...
...emerging consensus. Sigur recounted last week that during his visit, "I had the sense from everyone, including the President, that changes had to come." In any case, Roh was evidently confident enough to close his speech by vowing that if Chun did not accept his recommendations, he would resign from all his political positions...
...going to leave this job weaker than when I came in," he told his counsel, Harry McPherson. But for all his muscle flexing, Johnson chose to retire rather than run for re-election in the teeth of the Viet Nam protests. Six years later, Nixon would resign, swept from power by public disapproval and Congress's instigation of impeachment proceedings. The Executive arrogance and excess in Viet Nam and Watergate spawned legitimate concerns throughout Washington, producing a city that remains inordinately devoted to scrutinizing and humbling strong leaders...