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Meanwhile, the Cuban rightwing of Miami, individuals who have lost their homes, their Homeland and, in many cases, their families, is accused of hijacking U.S. foreign policy. Their extremism is justified; few people even realize the stunt that Fidel has pulled...
While Clinton realizes he needs to court public support, he does not intend to seek explicit congressional approval. Lawmakers do not seem sufficiently united to block an invasion, but Republicans can be counted on to criticize the President. They are already charging that an invasion is just a political stunt timed to boost the Democrats' sagging electoral fortunes. In fact what most Congressmen really want, says a Capitol Hill staff member, "is to be consulted, but let Clinton take the heat." Beginning Monday, the Administration's national-security officials will launch a sortie on Capitol Hill to brief key lawmakers...
...president of the state's Association of Tobacco Supporters, doused the dangling effigy with gasoline, then chanted "Burn, baby, burn!" as two women set it ablaze. Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gatewood Galbraith, who moments before had delivered fiery speeches themselves, distanced themselves from the stunt's more violent implications: "I certainly wouldn't have done that," Lewis said. Galbraith commented: "I didn't see it as a hate thing." White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers called the stunt "unfortunate...
Jane Nichols' direction, with the undoubtedly invaluable aid of stunt choreography by Thomas Derrah, keeps the staging under control while allowing the cast to unleash the script's zaniness...
...concentrate on defenses against theater (shorter-range) missiles for our allies and our troops abroad. Now it turns out that the Administration is slowly crippling theater-missile defense too. It is agreeing to severe limitations on TMDS that would effectively abort highly promising Navy and Air Force programs and stunt the growth of the remaining Army program...