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...press release contending that it had found no "credible evidence" of any crime. Since his confirmation hearings raised new questions about whether Meese had received some of the Carter papers, Smith would be open to charges of ignoring the Ethics Act once again if he decided not to request a special prosecutor...
...Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) supplies about 200 work permits each year to American students going abroad, providing a way around the red tape that accompanies most requests for work visas. (Without a CIEE permit, a student's prospective foreign employer must request a visa through the government...
Eventually, Congress will produce some sort of aid package for Central America. By trimming and delaying the Administration's request, the lawmakers are scoring political points at home. In the process, they are gambling that America's already fragile Central American policy can survive the stresses of the next few months, and most especially the leftist threat in El Salvador. -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Barrett Seaman/Washington
...investigators last July that he did not know how the Reagan-Bush Committee had obtained the Carter debate briefing book, sent Metzenbaum a terse statement saying he could not recall receiving, and did not know the source of, these two memos. Still, he agreed to the Senator's request that he excuse himself, if confirmed as Attorney General, from any future Justice Department decisions concerning the case, which was formally closed last month without evidence of a crime having been found. Although Meese is expected to be confirmed, the Senate panel postponed a vote for a week and considered...
Eldest Daughter Maureen, 43, has also caused controversy, but of a different sort. Her longtime support of the Equal Rights Amendment (which Reagan opposes) and blunt opinions provoked archconservative Activist Terry Dolan to request last week that she be " muzzled." There is little chance of that. The President said last week that he was "completely satisfied" with Maureen's performance as a consultant on women's issues to the Republican National Committee...