Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That night, Alexander awakens to a broadcast predicting the outbreak of World War III. His family sits catatonically about the TV; they do not speak through the duration of the message, nor do they speak when the picture blacks out. Alexander's wife breaks the silence to condemn the men of the household: "Why don't you do something!" she screams; the only words in the film delivered in English. Is this a conscious address by a Russian director to apathetic Americans...
Requiring confirmation and testimony would be even worse. Raising the visibility of the NSC advisor would only institutionalize the inevitable friction between this individual and cabinet secretaries, thereby increasing the likelihood the United States would speak with several voices. The capacity of the NSC to act as an honest broker of the policy process would be undermined. And the president would have lost an invaluable source of private advice in this critical policy area...
...Massachusetts was a tough state," Duvall said. "Many schools came close. We did speak to Harvard, and they got a couple of third place votes, but their name just didn't come up much. They did give us some great comments about other schools, though...
Regan insists that necessity, not overreaching, forced him to become a spokesman on foreign policy, which gives the impression that he is running the show. "In foreign policy there are very few voices. It's no secret that John Poindexter didn't like to go on camera or speak on the record . . . This is where it becomes apparent to those on the outside that I'm up to my elbows in foreign policy, because I become one of the few who know the full story...
Having failed to persuade his boss in person, Shultz on Sunday turned to television. On the CBS program Face the Nation, the Secretary publicly advocated a halt to arms sales, but when asked if he had been authorized to speak for the Administration, he replied bluntly, "No." Asked if he had discussed resigning, Shultz responded with calculated ambiguity, "I serve at (the President's) pleasure, and anything that I have to say on that subject I just say to him." On Monday he increased the pressure, telling reporters after a speech in Chicago that even appearing to trade arms...