Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that he should be prepared to become the opposition, and he said he realized that that was a possibility when he made his proposals. In a direct presidential election, the people will show they are unwilling to accept a military man as President. People know that Roh is the successor of the military rule of Chun Doo Hwan...
...Livingstone, North "came into the NSC as an easel carrier and ended up as the world's most powerful lieutenant colonel." Witnesses before the Iran-contra committee have testified that they got a strong impression North was working more for Casey than for his nominal bosses, McFarlane and his successor as National Security Adviser, John Poindexter. "Covert actions were pretty much left to Casey and ((CIA Deputy Director)) John McMahon, with little if any top-level discussion or review," says one former Administration policymaker. According to this official, even Reagan was cut out of the loop: "The President became less...
Chun put Roh in charge of finding a political solution to the crisis, an assignment that few took seriously in a system dominated by presidential authority. Kim Young Sam, for example, insisted on meeting with Chun and pointedly refused to deal with his designated successor. But Roh began holding talks with lower-ranking members of the opposition, as well as a wide range of other South Koreans. Roh says he did not convey his momentous conclusion to Chun before going public with it on Monday. Longtime observers of the South Korean political scene, however, find that contention hard to believe...
...ingratiating as he was industrious, North made many friends around the White House, especially among his superiors. William Clark, Allen's successor, took a shine to the intrepid Marine, and his replacement, Robert McFarlane, looked upon Ollie as another son, but one in need of supervision. Only Admiral John Poindexter seemed relatively immune to Ollie's charm, but North still almost always got his way with Poindexter. Among his male colleagues, North could swear like a dirtwater Marine, but when a woman entered the room, he cleaned up his speech. Says one woman at the White House: "With women...
...using the form of a mythical annual reportgiven by Bok's successor, 50 years in the future,Bok sketched out some radical internationalproposals whose implications would far surpasseven Stanford's plans for American highereducation...