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...Carlucci may feel a twinge of envy on his travels in the Soviet Union. While the Pentagon is awash in public procurement scandals, the Soviet armed forces operate behind a veil of secrecy that even insiders cannot always penetrate. Marshal Akhromeyev stunned his hosts during his recent U.S. tour by conceding that military leaders do not know precisely how much the Kremlin spends annually to develop weapons. Procurement as well as research and development is funded by the central government, he said, and the costs do not show up in the military budget. Those two items alone represent close...
...over what position it should take toward the new government. Outgoing Culture Minister Francois Leotard flatly criticized it, though he refrained from recommending a censure vote. Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing spoke benignly of a "constructive opposition." Outgoing Transport Minister Pierre Mehaignerie and former European Parliament President Simone Veil hinted at possible support for a Socialist government in the future if its policies prove acceptable. Chirac's neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic (R.P.R.) party found itself just as demoralized but at least united behind what Assembly Whip Pierre Messmer called "intelligent opposition," meaning a tough stand that will...
...would Bush's White House staff function? "Look at the campaign," says Brady. "It's a peek behind the veil. You'd have many strong personalities, but they'd work as a team." The most likely choice for White House chief of staff is Craig Fuller, Bush's current chief of staff, rather than the leaders of Bush's crack campaign team, Lee Atwater and Rich Bond. Communications Director Peter Teeley might be tapped for the same position in a Bush White House. Brady marvels at how Bush has kept that potentially combustible group of strong-minded aides from blowing...
...painful matters in our history." Two days later a panel of Soviet historians met with journalists to discuss his call for a franker look at the past. While it was clear that the party would continue to set the ground rules for historical research, the scholars agreed that the veil was being lifted on many subjects. One member of the panel even called for a reconsideration of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia...
Reviews of The Crimes of Patriots, as well as the book's own jacket, make much of its revelations about the Iran-Contra affair. But they shouldn't. As is the case with Bob Woodward's Veil, portions of this book that deal with the arms for hostages swap are somewhat afterthoughtish. After appearing on the jacket, the name Richard Secord does not come up again until page 273; Ollie North comes up at about the same point but figures even less prominently in Kwitny's narrative...