CIA Survival at Risk as New Charter Faces Senate Hearings
The 1978 draft charter for the CIA faces Senate Intelligence Committee scrutiny amid fears it would curb covert actions and espionage. Former CIA leaders protest the plan while Turner and aides prepare for a technical, high-stakes battle over executive and congressional powers.
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Field Enterprises Inc
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Senate Committee
U.S
Senate Intelligence Committee
William G. Miller
Miller
Congress
Senate
House Intelligence Committees
Congressional Intelligence Committees
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Stansfield Turner
Adm. Turner
George Bush
James Schlesinger
William Colby
Richard Helms
John McCone
Central Intelligence
Seek Constitutional Convention to curb federal deficit
Virginia lawmakers urged a constitutional convention under Article V to propose a balanced budget amendment. The piece notes Colorado becoming the 22nd state to petition Congress and calls for Virginia to join in the short session, arguing the deficit is a growing threat to the budget and economy.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Senate
Virginia
Congress of the
United States
Colorado
Union
Congress
President Carter's Accommodationists and the Foreign Policy Mix
A 1978 analysis argues that Carter’s defense team favors disengagement and accommodation, with David Aaron and Richard Moose pushing withdrawal policies. It contends the administration is guided by a new network replacing Kissinger and Brzezinski, shaping a soft line in Africa and the Middle East while hampering assertive action against Soviet expansion.
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N.Y. Times
Washington
Carter
Samuel Huntington
Winston-Salem
N.C
Congress
Zbigniew
Woody Woodpecker
Brzezinski
Cyrus Vance
Kissinger
Africa
U.S
David Aaron
National Security Council
Fritz Mondale
Senate Intelligence Committee
Richard Moose
Sen
William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Southeast Asia
Aaron
Moose
Horn of Africa
Somalia
Chad
Kenya
Rhodesia
Anthony Lake
NSC
Cambodia
Tony Lake
Henry Kissinger
Cy Vance
Pennsylvania
State Department
Alfred Leroy Atherton
Atherton
Hal Saunders
Middle East
Senate
Henry
Menachem Begin
Jack Javits
New York
Vietnam
Belgrade
Carter critics urge hard line to deter Soviet Cuban expansion
Republican leaders Bill Brock and Dr. Fred Ikle press for decisive U S action over Soviet Cuban moves in Africa and Rhodesia. They urge cutting Cuba ties, closing Havana missions, aiding anti Castro Africans, and backing Black majority democracy in Rhodesia to avert war and protect Middle East oil routes.
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Press Inc
Washington
Carter
Soviet Union
Cuba
Bill Brock
Brock
Fred Ikle
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Africa
Ethiopia
Somalia
Moscow
Ikle
U.S
Fidel Castro
Havanna
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
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Horn of Africa
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Red Sea
Middle East
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Egypt
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Equatorial Guinea
Mozambique
Guinea
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Virginia adopts compulsory high school competency tests
Virginia becomes the 37th state to require a competency test for graduation starting 1981 with reading and math as basics and history later. Protests erupt from NEA leaders minority groups and parents who accuse broader bias and question accountability while Florida data show high failure rates indicating deep systemic issues in literacy and computation.
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Richmond
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Old Dominion
W. E. Campbell
Virginia
Superintendent of Public Instruction
National Education Association
NEA
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Florida
New York
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