Word: wrighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seemed a tacit acknowledgment that the hostilities are winding down. "This is the kind of stuff you send to refugees, not an army with a fighting future," conceded a State Department official. Still, the Reagan Administration won an important concession from traditional opponents of the contras: House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas promised in writing not to block future consideration of military aid if the peace effort falls apart...
STANFORD [97]: Andrew Vlahov 2-0--4; Howard Wright 5-2--12; Greg Butler 4-1--9; Terry Taylor 1-4--6; Todd Lichti 8-3--20; Scott Meinert 1-0--2; Bryan McSweeney 5-3--13; Derek Bruton 2-1--5; Oliver Cunningham 1-0-2; Stuart Thomas 4-0--9; Deshon Wingate 1-2--4; John Patrick 2-0--6; Lang Meyer 0-1--1; Brian Booker 1-0--2; Ben Wenkes...
...House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) said in a statement that Reagan's veto was "wholly unnecessary and it provoked an unnecessary confrontation. The new law will not end illegal discrimination. But it does represent a step forward in making America truly a land of equal opportunity...
...unrest and rebellion? Democrats in Congress like Speaker Jim Wright and Sen. John Kerry who lay all the blame on the White House shouldn't throw War-Powers-Act stones in glass rotundas. They are equally--if not more--to blame as the Reagan Administration for our failure to pursue a coherent foreign policy in an area which was once so secure as to be called "America's backyard". Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama show the indecision and weakness that can erupt when the executive and legislative branches refuse to cooperate on foreign relations...
...know of nothing that justifies sending troops to Honduras," Jim Wright said the day of the deployment. Sen. Kerry even went so far as to question the logic of the White House's decision to attack the cause for the response. "I think the notion that there's a real invasion is just ridiculous," he said. Under pressure from the Democrats during the Senate hearings, Shultz had to say that the U.S. troops "are not there in a shooting capacity. We haven't been asked for that...