Word: commandant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...learned that the situation was more serious. He took a conference call from Lake, Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and two other advisers, who told him of the extent of casualties. "How did this happen?" Clinton demanded of Aspin, who put most of the blame on a U.N. command and control structure that had been unable to rush well-equipped troops to the Rangers' rescue. During another conference call later in the day, Counsellor David Gergen told Clinton about the video of the corpses being dragged through the streets. "We've got to get together with Congress," said Clinton...
...group reconvened over coffee at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, with Oakley attending. By then the Pentagon was reporting that General Joseph P. Hoar, commander of the U.S. Central Command in Somalia, was proposing a March 31 deadline. White House officials admit that the date is arbitrary, but they think it provides -- maybe -- sufficient time to contain (though perhaps not capture) Aidid and negotiate a political settlement among clan elders and militia leaders without committing the U.S. to a dragged-out effort. Clinton agreed Wednesday morning -- even before his inappropriate happy talk at the bill-signing ceremony -- and the plan...
...immediate success: it calmed the revolt in Congress. Whatever doubts they might retain, lawmakers generally welcomed a firm deadline for withdrawal -- and what they took as a sort of declaration of independence from the U.N. and Boutros-Ghali. The new U.S. troops will be under American, not U.N., command, and Oakley will operate as an American, not a U.N., representative. Republicans in particular have long suspected Boutros- Ghali of taking a dictatorial line; they delight in quoting him as once having said U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Somalia "when I say they can come out." Republican Senate leader...
...close advisers -- including her husband Asif Ali Zardari -- were accused of patronage and receiving kickbacks on government contracts handed out to business associates. Whether Bhutto stays in power will largely depend on how she handles her relations with the military. One develoment in her favor: the top army command shifted last January, with the sudden death of General Asif Nawaz Janjua, to General Abdul Whaheed, 56, who is considered to be less political than his predecessors. But he too will face pressure from the armed services to defend the large defense budget, which Bhutto's poor and low-income supporters...
...post-cold war world . . . Bold tyrants and fearful minorities are watching to see whether 'ethnic cleansing' is a policy the world will tolerate." They have their answer. With so many Americans disgusted with Clinton's handling of Somalia, it's hard to see how the President could command the public and congressional support necessary for a Bosnian adventure...