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Carter's National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, recognizes the problem. Carter's approach "doesn't mean that we don't deal with nations unless they meet some arbitrarily defined American standards of human rights. But in every case in which there is a significant violation, we ought to use some of our leverage to obtain amelioration...
NATIONAL SECURITY Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski's selection of Samuel P. Huntington, Thomson Professor of Government, as a National Security Council consultant on US-Soviet relations is deplorable for several reasons. In appointing Huntington, Brzezinski violated the spirit if not the letter of President Jimmy Carter's promise to bring people with fresh ideas into government rather than recycling the adherents of the disastrous policies and misguided ideology of past administrations. Huntington's well-documented views on the Vietnam War, his preoccupation wtih government stability at the expense of widespread democracy, and his dated expertise in this area all serve...
...Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security affairs adviser to President Carter, named his old colleague and coauthor to the post after Huntington--a controversial figure in foreign policy affairs because of his support for bombing in Vietnam--failed to be appointed Foreign Security Adviser in the Defense Department...
...doesn't have a "shadow cabinet", but in the months ahead Cy Vance may be looking over his shoulder for evidence of one in the State Department. Lest Vance get hung up on the silly notion that he's the head honcho for foreign policy in the Carter camp, Zbigniew Brzezinski will be lurking in the dark corners of Foggy Bottom, trying to imitate the back-door strategy of another diplomat from the halls of academe...
...first victims of the new policy was National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was refused a car to take him to the Press Club dinner despite his plea that it was official business. Finally, he drove his own car and arrived half an hour late because he had trouble finding a parking place. Carter's limousine policy will save the Government only $12,000 a year in car-rental fees, but was a potent token of his determination to trim needless expenses and run a down-to-earth Administration. In a similar vein, the President is considering getting...