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...chief of staff in California and, not very successfully, as National Security Adviser in Washington. In the Cabinet, George Shultz may bow out as Secretary of State at the end of the first term, presenting Reagan with another fateful prag-matist-conservative choice. Leading candidates: Middle East Envoy Donald Rumsfeld, a non-ideologue, and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, yet another pal from California days and a reflexive hardliner...
...least one important respect, the motives of the pro-Iranian terrorists coincide precisely with those of Syrian President Assad: both want to press the Multi-National Force to leave Lebanon. When Donald Rumsfeld, President Reagan's special envoy to the Middle East, met with Assad in Damascus two weeks ago, the Syrian leader repeated his demands that the U.S. Marines as well as other MNF troops leave Beirut, Israeli forces withdraw from southern Lebanon, and the Lebanese-Israeli agreement of last May 17 be set aside. U.S. diplomats believe Assad is deliberately stalling, in the hope that the pressure...
Reagan's advisers admitted that Rumsfeld had never brought up Goodman with the Syrians, but only because Washington had not wanted the flyer to become a bargaining chip in negotiations on Lebanon. White House aides asserted that Reagan did not return Jackson's calls for fear of destroying the minister's credibility with the Syrians. If the President had talked to him, they said, Jackson might have carried the taint of an official emissary. During the Rose Garden ceremony, Jackson thanked Reagan for at least not impeding his mission...
...Administration has decided not to expend much more political capital defending its policy. Although Reagan publicly appears to be dug in on his Lebanese policy, advisers privately say that he is actively looking for an exit, even if it means abandoning Gemayel. Promised a top adviser: "If Don Rumsfeld comes back and says there is no way Gemayel can put everything together, Reagan will...
...religious experience. When he encountered an aide in the Oval Office, Reagan blurted, "Our prayers have been answered. We've got him home." Two hours later, the President was surrounded by somber staff members who were grappling with the larger problem of peace in Lebanon. Special Envoy Donald Rumsfeld poured out his frustration. Other aides piled high their grim tidings of confusion and doubt. Yet Reagan rummaged through the debris for new ideas and different combinations, glints of hope no matter how faint. Finally Mike Deaver, who knows the inner Reagan better than anyone else, leaned over and said...