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WASHINGTON--President Bush yesterday named Rep. Richard Cheney (R-Wyo.) to be defense secretary, moving with surprising speed to leave behind the controversy caused by John G. Tower's rejection by the Senate...
Several members of Congress also pop up in the guessing game. Wyoming Congressman Dick Cheney is a low-key conservative who has experience as an adviser to Richard Nixon and chief of staff for Gerald Ford. The two Indiana Senators, Richard Luger and Dan Quayle, have been strong conservative leaders, and either could help in the Midwest battleground...
Congressman Dick Cheney asked what Gorbachev wanted his country to be in 20 years. He hoped, Gorbachev replied, to see a society more dynamic, more open and more democratic. Billington made a mental note that the translation was more appealing than the original Russian...
There was virtually no talk of children, homes or hobbies. The Soviet leader was at work. In his forceful way, Gorbachev left little doubt that he cast ^ himself as a man of destiny, that his reforms would make or break the Soviet nation. Looking straight at Cheney, he said, "This is the only opportunity we will have...
...especially misses Paul Volcker, who resigned last June as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. But most feel that personnel changes would simply generate more uncertainty. They cite Jimmy Carter's mass Cabinet firing as proof that housecleaning usually does not work. "What we need now is stability," says Cheney...