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...Kirkpatrick 's long goodbye...
...same fractiousness is evident in the Administration's solutions for Central America. Hard-liners in Washington, including CIA Director William Casey and U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, seem to believe that in the long run it is impossible to deal with the Sandinistas. They would prefer to see the Managua regime ousted from power, although any action by the U.S. toward that end is expressly forbidden by a 1982 resolution of Congress. More moderate officials, including Shultz, believe that diplomacy can play a role in curbing Nicaragua's radical tendencies. In their view, the U.S. must show that...
...White House blamed the manual on a single, "lowlevel" contract operative, identified pseudonymously as John Kirkpatrick. The still secret inspector general's report apparently suggested that Kirkpatrick resign, two employees be suspended without pay and three others receive formal letters of reprimand. New York Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan compared the disciplinary measures with canceling "weekend privileges for a month...
...True Believers are already plotting to move Kirkpatrick into the post of National Security Adviser, now held by Robert ("Bud") McFarlane. But Shultz is opposed to such a switch. He regards Kirkpatrick as too hard-line and erratic. He would prefer to retain McFarlane, who is an ally and has a low profile. Shultz may get his wish. A close friend of Reagan's says, "I see the President relying on McFarlane more and more. I don't think Bud is going anywhere...
Reagan will probably be forced to recognize the pressure of women, but not as a dogmatic group, rather as individuals displaying talents hitherto unused. Both women in the outgoing Senate were Republicans, so were nine Representatives, so were two Cabinet members (three if you count Jeane Kirkpatrick, at best a nominal Democrat...