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WASHINGTON: A joint TIME-CNN report that claims the U.S. military dropped sarin nerve gas some 20 times during the Vietnam war has caused something of a stir in the corridors of power. Defense Secretary William Cohen asked his staff to hunt for evidence of sarin deployment Monday, while Rep. David Skaggs (D-Colo.) of the House Intelligence Committee -- himself a Vietnam vet -- said he found the story "absolutely stunning and appalling if it is substantiated." Skaggs launched his own inquiry to attempt just that...
...small amount" of sarin to Saigon in 1967, but never used it. "I have no recollection of any operation like that," Laird told reporters Monday. "It doesn't seem logical to me." As for retired admiral Thomas Moorer, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who told CNN reporter Peter Arnett that President Nixon had approved the use of sarin -- well, Moorer backed away from his off-camera comments late Monday, saying he "only heard rumors that it'd been used." Given the nebulous nature of the so-called "secret" war in Laos and North Vietnam, rumor...
...appearances on CNN's "Crossfire" and "Inside Politics" and CBS's "Face the Nation," as well as speaking engagements and written opinion pieces in nationwide publications, consolidate Kristol's policy leadership...
Last week the White House was alarmed to discover that the President's ratings in internal polls had "fallen through the floor," as a source put it. And a new TIME-CNN survey reveals that almost half those polled believe the Administration favored China in trade decisions because the Chinese government contributed money to the Democrats. Fifty-eight percent say a new independent counsel should investigate the charge. "I expect we'll have to go through another two weeks of this," says White House press secretary Mike McCurry, who notes that the summertime scandal is now a Washington ritual...
Larry King just signed a new five-year contract with CNN, reportedly for $7 million a year, a cable-TV record...