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...leaders across the U.S. All Democrats, the club includes New Mexico Governor Toney Anaya and Mayors Maurice Ferré of Miami, Henry Cisneros of San Antonio and Louis Montaño of Santa Fe. When Peña, a political unknown and son of a Texas cotton trader, is sworn in this week, it will end the 14-year reign of William McNichols Jr., 73. Tainted by ineptitude and scandals involving his appointees, Mayor Bill, as he was known, finished a poor third in a field of seven in a May bipartisan election...
...distinguished career diplomat who is currently U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria. Pickering thus becomes the third member of a new diplomatic troika. The other two previously appointed members are L. Anthony Motley, 45, who was Ambassador to Brazil, and Richard Stone, a former Democratic Senator from Florida, who was sworn in last week as the State Department's special envoy to Central America. Said Shultz: "[Pickering] is the best possible man for the job. We picked out of the very heavy cream the best that the Foreign Service has to offer...
Much of the anxious talk in Tegucigalpa centers on one man: General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez, 45, the fervently anti-Communist commander in chief of the Honduran armed forces. When Roberto Suazo Córdova was sworn in last year as Honduras' first civilian President in a decade, Alvarez vowed that the army would be at the service of the state. But growing U.S. military involvement in Honduras may have weighted the delicate power balance in favor of Alvarez. Critics argue that Alvarez, who was scheduled to visit Washington this week, now plays such an important role...
...Washington, who will be sworn in next week, the national implications of his victory are far less important than the local ones. Whatever influence he may hope to have beyond the city-and whatever effect his election may have for black political power-will depend on whether he is able to fill the potholes and calm the fears of Chicago's prickly neighborhoods. -By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Christopher Ogden and Don Winbush/Chicago
...glad they're here, because they're taking advantage of the Constitution I'm sworn to support." Walizer said...