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...French proposal for installing a United Nations buffer force between the warring sides. "It is not logical that a buffer should be established between troublemakers and mutineers on the one hand and the legitimate forces on the other," snapped Assad, whose troops in Lebanon are nominally under Sarkis' command...
...hired him for his job, Bill Silverman, says he's not sure about MacMurray's kicking game, but he is certain about the economics major business abilities. In four weeks he promoted MacMurray from salesman to assistant manager. "He's perceptive. He takes command. He's just a very personable guy," Silverman says...
Walker carried his appeal up through the chain of command to Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and then, in a seven-page message, to Commander in Chief Jimmy Carter. After talking with Brown, the President endorsed the demotion in a crisp, one-page letter to Walker...
...uncompromising attitude toward uniformed subordinates may reflect Secretary of Defense Brown's determination to recapture control of the Pentagon from the admirals and generals who for several years have been operating relatively free from civilian interference. Thus some old soldiers are dismayed at the direction the command at the Pentagon seems to be taking, as illustrated by Walker's fate. "It's a goddamned travesty," says one general who retired recently...
...assembled in the great house in Paraguay: Kill 94 men, all of them petty civil servants scattered around the world, and kill them on or near their 65th birthdays as they occur over the next 2½ years. Still, true to their code, the Nazis obey his command unquestioningly...