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...Choice. Even Kissinger's staunchest supporters agree that his Salzburg press conference was a mistake. By threatening to resign, Kissinger simply added to his troubles. Until he overdramatized the situation, not many people took it too seriously. They wanted explanations, not a resignation. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in particular, was extremely friendly to Kissinger. The committee was perfectly willing to forget about the whole wiretap episode in the interest of letting Kissinger function as Secretary of State. But now that he has demanded another investigation of the affair, the committee has no choice but to comply. Its hearings...
...World Bank is reported to have said that India will need some $12 billion in aid over the next half-decade. Yet several of India's staunchest aid donors-the U.S., Canada and Japan -voiced dismay at New Delhi's announcement that it would proceed with a costly nuclear-development program. A proposed $75 million U.S. aid program for India may now be in jeopardy. Last week Canada angrily suspended its long-given assistance to India's atomic energy program and promised to "review" other aid programs (excepting food) designated for New Delhi...
Probably no one but Spínola could have said such a thing and escaped confinement in Caxias prison. But not even the staunchest right-wingers could fault his patriotism, bravery or adherence to accepted Portuguese values. Indeed, Spínola is a man whose character is conservatism itself...
...Republicans complain. "It was offensive to the House," protested Edward Hutchinson, the committee's ranking Republican. "If this is a ruse to prevent us from getting what we asked for, I don't want to fall for it," added Robert McClory, one of Nixon's staunchest backers on the committee. "The letter," conceded House Republican Leader John Rhodes in understatement, "left a great deal to be desired...
...approach to formulating Republican policies in Congress. But his own views, it soon became clear, had not changed very much--he could just implement them better. He supported moves to water down major civil rights legislation. He pressed for the impeachment of William O. Douglas, the Supreme Court's staunchest defender of civil liberties, primarily because Douglas had written an article for a magazine considered pornographic. Ford opposed Democratic bills to increase minimum wage levels; during his vice-presidential confirmation hearings last year, the AFL-CIO totaled up his 25 years of voting and came to the conclusion that...