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...last year's Washington summit, Akhromeyev used an old Russian (and American) saying with National Security Adviser Colin Powell: "Watch what we do, not what we say." Western skeptics use the same phrase in warning of the dangers of being seduced by Gorbachev. The criticism that he should be judged by his deeds rather than his words is in fact a backhanded testament to the far-reaching nature of what he has been saying. Putting these ideas on the record at the U.N. serves to lay down a marker that he can use to pressure the bureaucracy at home...
...been unavoidably chaotic, with so many aircraft arriving at once," said Colin Wheeler, an engineer with Air Europe, which flew 20 tons of medical equipment and food into Yerevan on Monday...
John C. Yoo '89 Night Editors: Martha A. Bridegam '89 Mark M. Colodny '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Laurie M. Grossman '89 Eric S. Solowey '89 Features Editor: Brooke A. Masters '89 Editorial Editor: Laurie M. Grossman '89 Photo Editor: Hector I. Osorio '89 Sports Editors: Colin F. Boyle '90 Casey J. Lartigue, Jr. '89 Jennifer M. Frey '90 Michael D. Stankiewicz '91 Julio R. Varela '90 Business Manager: Henry Sicignano...
...when Arafat formally asked for entry, Shultz consulted his top advisers. A broad array of officials counseled Shultz to grant the visa: Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Michael Armacost, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; National Security Adviser Colin Powell; Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci. The U.S. delegation to the U.N. strongly endorsed Arafat's admission. The arguments ranged from policy to practicality. A denial would undermine U.S. Middle East policy and would offend nearly the entire...
Arrayed against the Secretary was virtually the entire U.S. foreign policy bureaucracy, from National Security Adviser Colin Powell to Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci. Even within the State Department, Shultz was opposed by almost everyone, including the Regional Assistant Secretary, Richard Murphy. As one State Department official put it, "If Arafat doesn't speak, the issue becomes the U.S. decision rather than the merits of the P.L.O. case...