Press at Williamsburg summit smothers news in quiet talks
The Williamsburg summit drew a flood of reporters while leaders sought secrecy and informal talks. Critics warn such secrecy undermines diplomacy, noting modern tools and past practices contrast with traditional written records and careful negotiation.
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Williamsburg
Washington
George Mason
Stafford County
Virginia
Reagan
France
Harold Nicolson
Ares
Meddling and minding own business in U S foreign policy
The piece critiques U S leaders for meddling in Central America and elsewhere while claiming to mind their own business. It cites Reagan on Nicaragua and Lebanon, notes Gallup polls showing public preference for nonintervention, and argues that power drives intervention across parties since 1945. It contrasts public sentiment with elite aims, referencing Kissinger, Nixon, and El Salvador.
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Reagan
Nicaragua
Lebanon
U.S
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Gallup
Congress
U.N
United States
el Salvador
Richard Nixon
Wall Street Journal
Salvador
Vietnam
Saigon
Central America
West Bank Fate Looms as Israel Wins Lebanon War
A year after Israel’s Lebanon invasion, analysts debate costs and Begin’s hidden aim to reshape the West Bank. Aiming to curb Palestinian nationalism, he accelerated settlement building, risking the future status of 1.3 million Palestinians. Alternatives include granting citizenship, expulsion, or apartheid-like rules, each with deep moral and political consequences. The era’s questions center on democracy, regional diplomacy, and Palestinian rights amid ongoing settlement expansion.
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Lebanon
Israel
Menachem Begin
Begin
West Bank
PLO
United States
Syria
Jordan
Middle East
Friends
Gaza
Ariel Sharon
Knesset
Meir Cohen
Jordan River
South Africa
Ulster
David Shipler
The
New York Times
Dvorah Klein
Eretz Israel
World Se ries Poker in Geneva and MX chips debate
A narrator recalls Las Vegas World Series Poker at Binion's and explains U S politics using an MX bargaining chip allegory. He describes Congress funding 625 million MX chips, nuclear warhead chips worth a billion, buried in Minuteman silos, to pressure Soviets in a Geneva arms talks.
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Las Vegas
Binion
Golden Horseshoe
White House
Congress
Geneva
Back to basics with the Answer Man
The Washington Answer Man reveals a new governing premise: back to basics to reform the entire federal government. He cites education as a starting point and argues for trimming costs and returning to conservative principles, proposing retrograde methods for welfare crime and defense while hinting at upcoming changes tied to a powdered wig appearance at a White House news conference.
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Washington
White House
United Press International
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Art Buchwald
Arnold Sawislak
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