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...moment, the more immediate concern in Washington seemed to be how to hold the line in El Salvador. Buoyed by the reorganization of the Salvadoran high command last November, U.S. military aides argued that government forces "had turned the corner" in their struggle against the guerrilla armies of the five-member Farabundo Marti National Liberation
...South American countries with military regimes. Still, death squads are a force in El Salvador. Rightists in the country have begun to complain about U.S. meddling. After last week's military setback, editorials appeared in the right-wing press demanding the resignation of the army's high command and an end to American intervention in El Salvador...
...testimony, Balang questioned that Galman could have pulled the trigger. "I heard a shot, and when I looked back, the man in white [Aquino] was falling down," Balang recounted. "At that moment, I saw [Galman] just standing there parallel to Aquino, surrounded by members of the Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM). He was smiling. He was partly hidden, but the palms of his hands were open as though he was handing something to them. Then I heard a shot and saw Galman fall down ... from what I saw, Galman had no chance to even approach Aquino...
...claimed to have "conclusive documentation of the factual assertions made in the broadcast," which it too introduced in court. Subordinate officials of the CIA and the Pentagon asserted that they had indeed lowered pre-Tet estimates of enemy strength, under explicit or implied orders from Westmoreland's command team. Retired Army Major General Joseph McChristian suggested that Westmoreland may have sidetracked a cable about troop strength after saying it could be a "political bombshell." Said McChristian: "Although I usually sent my reports directly to Washington, General Westmoreland told me to leave it with him. I do not know what...
...people have heard of Dean Le-Baron, but thousands of Americans unknowingly depend on him for a large part of their financial security. From a computer-filled command post on the twelfth floor of the Federal Reserve Bank building in Boston, LeBaron manages more than $10 billion of other people's money. Every day, LeBaron and his competitors make stock and bond transactions that can earn, or lose, millions of dollars for their clients. Their decisions can shake markets and send the prices of individual stocks into orbits or nosedives. For their skill and nerve, they receive salaries that...