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...bayou blunders also intruded on a pre-summit visit Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times, and his "publishers luncheon." She was asked about the possibility that Katrina had fueled perceptions "that George Bush doesn't care about black people." Rice said it was "poisonous" for someone to suggest that the president would decide who ought to be helped on the basis of color. "You know the phrase that actually attracted me to him more than anything else didn't have anything to do with foreign policy-it was actually...
...paramount question of arms control, though both have proposed a 50% cut in offensive nuclear weapons, agreement is still being blocked primarily by Reagan's insistence on continuing his Strategic Defense Initiative and Gorbachev's vehement demand that it be abandoned. It was notable, however, that despite Gorbachev's pre-summit threat that nothing else could be accomplished unless this demand was met, he chose to present himself as moderately satisfied with the summit and to continue the dialogue--leading most observers to award Reagan a summit "victory...
Indeed, divisions within the Administration on arms control are continuing through the pre-summit maneuvering. Last week, Arms Control Adviser Paul Nitze expressed cautious interest in a Soviet proposal for a freeze on intermediate-range nuclear missiles, such as Soviet SS-20s targeted on Western Europe, and U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe capable of hitting the U.S.S.R. The proposal is unacceptable because it would leave the Soviets with a huge lead, Nitze told reporters, but at least the Soviets are now willing to include missiles in Asia as well as Europe in the freeze. At about...
...sins and Soviet suspicions. But Reagan feels under no pressure, or so his aides insist to journalists, to show any concrete results from the summit. "No deal is better than a bad deal," they quote him as telling them. Indeed, one adviser insists that Reagan is in the strongest pre-summit position of any President since Dwight Eisenhower in 1955.[*] The rationale: the U.S. has rebuilt its military strength, and its economy is prosperous; it has blunted what once looked like a Gorbachev propaganda advantage by making a new arms-reduction counterproposal two weeks ago, and enjoys solid support even...
...most of the direct bargaining. The two men ate occasional meals together with Clinton or Secretary of State Madeleine Albright sitting between them, but those sessions were strained. Barak came to Camp David with his briefcase stuffed with new ideas to break the deadlock. Arafat came largely cemented in pre-summit positions and only late in the negotiations did those stands begin to crack slightly...