Word: summiteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with spouses and children. On one of the final days of his vacation, the President gave no indication that yet another testing time awaits his Administration when official Washington returns to business this week. A seemingly uncertain White House faces an unusual confluence of difficult tasks: preparing for the summit with the Soviets in Geneva, negotiating with Congress on a policy toward South Africa, reviving the dormant campaign for tax reform, and keeping even the modest deficit- reduction program from dissolving into a veto-ridden stalemate. Reagan's staff is aware that the success of his second term...
...initiative or see his last term fade into lame-duck stagnation appears to be dwindling rapidly. Political considerations will dominate the capital once the new year begins and midterm congressional elections approach. But as Reagan negotiates with Congress this fall, he must also prepare for his all-important summit with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The President has often been highly successful when tackling one or two major issues at a time, such as his drive for tax and budget cuts early in his first term. Whether he can handle multiple showdowns with Congress and get ready for Gorbachev, too, remains...
...Soviet relations: "That situation today is highly complex, very tense. I would even go so far as to say it is explosive." The reason, said Gorbachev, is that in the roughly two months since he agreed to a November summit meeting with President Reagan in Geneva, the U.S. has rejected every overture from the Soviet Union, such as its proposals for moratoriums on tests of nuclear and antisatellite weapons, as "one more propaganda exercise by Moscow." Because of this "shortage of responsibility" in Washington, relations between the superpowers "are continuing to deteriorate, the arms race is intensifying...
...prospects for the summit: "It looks as if the stage is being set (by Washington) for a bout between some kind of political 'supergladiators,' with the only thought in mind being how best to deal a deft blow at the opponent." He implied that the U.S. is deliberately trying to engineer a failure. There is still time to prepare to reach specific agreements, but not much time, he said. In fact, "the train might have already left the station...
...against atomic warheads, "it will not be possible to reach an agreement on the limitation and reduction of (offensive) nuclear weapons either . . . Thus, if the present U.S. position on space weapons is its last word, the Geneva negotiations will lose all sense." (The reference was not to the forthcoming summit but to arms- limitation talks already under way in the Swiss city.) But Gorbachev was significantly more flexible on the issue of defensive research than his negotiators have been...