Pentagon leak crackdown fuels Pentagon frustration and irony
The Reagan admin uses polygraphs on top defense officials to crack leaks about Pentagon budget estimates, not secret plans. John Tilson faces punishment for leaking official information, while reporters note leaks rise with Pentagon frustration. The piece urges revealing budget figures to taxpayers and ending the anti leak drive.
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Reagan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
John Tilson
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Congress
Administration
Defense Resources Board
Frank Carlucci
Washington Post
Reagan Administration
White House friction and policy shifts shadow Stockman saga
White House chief of staff James Baker grows wary of Budget Director David Stockman after Stockman pressed for Social Security cutbacks against orders. Rumors swirl about a possible replacement, with Richard Darman named as front-runner. The piece also notes debates over Reagan drafts, START talks title disputes, Laxalt’s NH campaign support for Monier, and the Chamber of Commerce stance on tax policy and the budget.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
White House
James Baker
Reagan
David Stockman
Stockman
Baker
Richard Darman
George F. Will
Will
State Department
NATO
Tony Dolan
United Nations
Israel
Lebanon
Rowny
U.S
Europe
ACDA
Eugene Rostow
Pentagon
Laxalt
Senate
Robert Monier
New Hampshire
Monier
Jeffrey Bell
New Jersey Senate
Millicent Fenwick
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Paul Thayer
LTV
Pepsico
Donald Kendall
Thayer
Kendall
Rooney on Hinckley Trial and the President’s Opinion
Andy Rooney muses on how President Reagan and the public react to John Hinckley Jr.’s attempted assassination. He debates capital punishment versus mercy, imagines personal vigilante violence, and critiques psychiatrists in the Hinckley trial as biased or inconclusive.
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Reagan
John Hinckley Jr
Hinckley
White House
Day in history June 14 highlights battles and spaceflight
On this date in history Napoleon defeated the Austrians at Marengo in 1800, aiding the reconquest of Italy. In 1975 the Soviet Union launched its second spacecraft toward Venus for an October rendezvous to land capsules on the planet.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Marengo
Soviet Union
Venus
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Quered
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