Word: speech
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Whatever the countdown to the Bork vote, Reagan seems determined to keep pushing for his nominee. The President, who was said to be dismayed at the "partisanship and political savagery" of the anti-Bork campaign, made three speeches for his nominee last week. He also devoted his Saturday radio address to the Bork battle. "Tell your Senators to resist the politicization of our court system," Reagan urged listeners. "Tell them you support the appointment of Judge Robert Bork." Administration sources said the President is even considering a televised speech to the nation to call for Bork's confirmation. Declared Washington...
...wing zealot by depicting the judge as an open-minded centrist. Bork portrayed himself in the same light during his five days of Senate testimony last month. But in the process, he revised or backed away from some of his more conservative stands on issues ranging from freedom of speech to privacy rights. Judiciary Committee Member Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, called Bork's changes of mind a case of "confirmation conversion...
...wide-ranging speech at Brandeis University, the six-term Congressman blasted the nation's current Middle Eastern policy, which has sent U.S. warships into the wartorn region to protect international shipping lanes. "If I am [elected] president, I am not going to send our troops to the Persian Gulf when we are buying oil from the country that threatens...
Reagan was to discuss his plan for supporting the Contra rebels yesterday in a speech being billed by aides as a major policy address before the Organization of American States...
...speech came as House Speaker Jim Wright warned that no proposal for military aid is likely to get congressional approval as long as the peace process continues...