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...said, 'No, you can't build a Bible college,' I couldn't build one. But you know what I'd do? I'd fire the board, because I'm the spiritual head of this organization. It can't run without me." Swaggart's board is unlikely to rebel. It consists of himself, Wife Frances, Son Donnie, Daughter-in-Law Debbie, Ministry Lawyer William Treeby and four clergy chums. Swaggart says he is accountable to his denomination, the Assemblies of God, and provides it with audited financial rundowns...
...brave but unlucky major, captured, his mission exposed, awaiting his fate and talking to pass the time. He asks his American guards to consider the principles that governed his behavior: "It seems to me that it is a proper object in war, to take advantage of a rebel officer's desire to return to his proper allegiance, don't you think?" He hopes, but does not beg, that his life will be spared. His monologue ends abruptly, but not before conveying the memorable impression of a man who comes to peace with himself in a time...
...testimony before the congressional committees investigating the Iran-contra affair, Poindexter insisted he and he alone gave final approval to Lieut. Colonel Oliver North's proposal to take profits from U.S. arms sales to Iran and divert them to the Nicaraguan rebel forces. He claimed to have exercised this authority without ever telling the President, so as to protect Reagan from the "politically volatile issue" that subsequently exploded on them. "I made the decision," Poindexter declared in an even, matter-of-fact tone. "I was convinced that the President would, in the end, think it was a good idea...
...release as a "goodwill gesture," presumably to smooth the way to the establishment of diplomatic relations with the U.S. That is a difficult goal, given the presence of 35,000 Cuban troops in Angola and the $15 million in military aid the U.S. provides to UNITA, a pro-Western rebel group trying to overthrow Angola's Marxist government...
...Teri Mangal bombing was the first widely reported result of a Soviet and Afghan air offensive that began late last year. The targets: Afghan rebel staging areas inside Pakistan. So far this year more than 100 aerial bomb and rocket attacks inside Pakistan have claimed at least 297 lives. During all of 1986, only about 24 people were killed in similar raids. The increase in the number of strikes prompted Pakistan to send President Reagan an "extremely urgent" request for U.S. radar surveillance planes to direct Pakistani F-16s against intruders along the country's 1,400-mile border with...