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...plane that will use stealth technology, were censured. A Navy report accused the Avenger's developers, McDonnell Douglas ! and General Dynamics, of falling behind on the aircraft and concealing this from the Navy. The report also blamed the excessive secrecy surrounding the A- 12 program for the failure of high-level Pentagon officials to spot flaws sooner in the contractors' rosy estimates...
There was a stroke! Or two, to be precise. With a war resolution in hand, George Bush last week took steps to begin a high-level dialogue with Saddam Hussein. Less than 18 hours after the Security Council authorized the use of force against Iraq if Saddam fails to comply with the U.N.'s call for an unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15 -- a triumph for U.S. diplomacy -- Bush made a surprise announcement. Iraq's Foreign Minister would be welcome at the White House during the week of Dec. 10, and Secretary of State James Baker could meet with...
...Commissioner Fred Goldberg is feeling some heat. A report by the House Government Operations Committee blasts the IRS for high-level misconduct and cover-ups. "Crooks auditing crooks," charges committee chairman John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Even worse, a second report by a Goldberg-picked panel of outside experts concludes that the commissioner's solutions to the crisis are "narrow" and deal mostly with "symptoms rather than root causes." Specifically, the panel found that many IRS criminal-investigation agents are not supervised, nor are they adequately trained in ethics. The report was sent to Goldberg...
With a 10% drop in foreign trade last year and an even more damaging cut to its almost bankrupt economy anticipated this year, North Korea is being forced to swallow its principles and make friends with the countries it has long loved to vilify. September saw the first high-level meeting between North and South Korea; a second round of talks was conducted last month. And just days before the Moscow-Seoul accord, Pyongyang asserted its eagerness to normalize diplomatic relations with Japan, its bitterest enemy of all since the brutal Japanese occupation of the peninsula from...
...Bowers will sail with Assistant Coach Mike O'Connor to the Snow and Satisfaction Regatta, an invitation-only regatta open to current All-Americas and top alumni from around North America. The three-day competition--which in the past has hosted sailors such as Dennis Conner--will feature high-level sailing in a relaxed atmosphere...