Democrats optimistic about turning tables in Lebanon row
Democrats launch 1982 comeback with attacks on Reagan and a show of support for Israel’s Lebanon invasion. Manatt endorses a Lebanon statement urging sovereignty and independence, while Mondale Cranston Hart Hollings Askew press peers at the National Party Conference. Kenneth Kennedy slated for Sunday, with seven potential 1984 candidates mingling and backing Israel policy amid a broader theme of fairness.
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Lebanon
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Manatt
Alexander M. Haig Jr
George Schultz
House
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O‘neill
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Our Party
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Alan Cranston
California
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Walter F. Mondale
National Party
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Ohio
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Colorado
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
White House
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Massachusetts
Reubin Askew
Florida
National Education Association
Teachers’ Union
Hollings
Cranston
Askew
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Hart
United States
Demos brief foreign envoys at Philadelphia workshop
International diplomats attending a Democratic Party policy workshop left with no firm foreign policy commitments. Norway's Gro Harlem Brundtland and Australia's Megan Stoyles said they wanted clearer statements but understood that public certainty was not yet possible. Party aides acknowledged ongoing splits on draft policy and nuclear missiles in Europe amid planning sessions.
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Democratic Party
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norway
Labor Party
Megan Stoyles
Australian Labor Party
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
John Glenn
Ohio
Gary Hart
Colorado
Europe
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