HORATIUS WALLOP (II): SENATOR SEEKS DEBATE ON START, ESTABLISHES WHY LEADERSHIP WON’T ALLOW ONE
(Washington, D.C.): For the second time in three months, Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) has brilliantly demonstrated two important phenomena: (1)...
Month: September 1992
1992 Keeper of the Flame Award: Malcolm Wallop
Senator Malcolm Wallop is an extraordinary public servant, a man whose uncommon integrity, profound love of country and unwavering commitment...
REP. GEJDENSON IS GOOD AT POINTING OUT OTHERS’ ROLE IN ARMING SADDAM, BUT BETTER AT CONCEALING HIS OWN
(Washington, D.C.): Rep. Sam Gejdenson (D-CT) is giving the term "smoke and mirrors" new meaning. In a press conference on...
‘RECKLESS ABANDON(MENT)’: WILL APPROPRIATORS ENDANGER VITAL ALLIANCE TIES WITH TURKEY BY ENDING MILITARY AID?
(Washington, D.C.): Congressional appropriators are being tempted to make the classic penny-wise-pound-foolish decision: Tomorrow afternoon, the Senate Appropriations Committee will...
MAASTRICHT MELTDOWN: TREATY D.O.A. IRRESPECTIVE OF FRENCH VOTE; LONG-TERM BENEFITS FOR U.S. FAR OUTWEIGH NEAR-TERM PROBLEMS
(Washington, D.C.): The chickens are coming home to roost for most of the G-7 leaders and Eurocrats who together have...
‘B-S’ PATROL #5 ‘YOU’RE NO JOHN KENNEDY’ — FLIP-FLOPS BY SWING SENATORS ON SDI AREN’T EXACTLY PROFILES IN COURAGE
(Washington, D.C.): The Senate is expected today to complete consideration of the FY1993 Defense authorization bill. One of the first...
‘B-S’ PATROL #4: BUMPERS-SASSER RELIANCE ON CBO’S ‘BUM DOPE’ JEOPARDIZES STRATEGIC DEFENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY
(Washington, D.C.): The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee will shortly act upon a proposal by Sens. Dale Bumpers (D-AR) and Jim...
IS THE BUSH-BAKER CAMPAIGN SEEKING VOTES AT THE NATION’S, TAXPAYERS’ EXPENSE?
(Washington, D.C.): In the latest of a series of transparent efforts to secure political support from special interests, the Bush...
THE IRAQ SYNDROME: BUSH ADMINISTRATION IGNORES, FACILITATES SYRIAN ARMS BUILD-UP
(Washington, D.C.): Amidst expectations that Syrian-Israeli negotiations may soon produce a separate peace in one of the Middle East's most...
‘B-S’ PATROL #3: BUMPERS-SASSER DON’T GET IT — GREATEST WASTE WILL COME FROM NOT MAKING MORE HASTE ON SDI
(Washington, D.C.): A key issue in the debate engendered by an initiative by Sens. Dale Bumpers (D-AR) and Jim Sasser...
CASTRO’S POTEMKIN NUCLEAR SHUTDOWN: CHERNOBYL AT CIENFUEGOS STILL IN PROSPECT
(Washington, D.C.): What would appear on the surface to be a welcome announcement by Fidel Castro over the week-end --...
‘GETTING TO NO’ ON SDI: CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DON’T LET CONSTITUTION, MEMBERS GET IN WAY OF DEFENSE BILL
(Washington, D.C.): A curious thing is happening to the FY1993 Defense Department authorization bill as it awaits Senate floor action:...
MIYAZAWA TO YELTSIN: NO NORTHERN TERRITORIES, NO YEN FOR YOUR VISIT
p>(Washington, D.C.): In the diplomatic equivalent of a "Dear John" letter sent after wedding invitations have been posted, Russian President...
‘EVERYTHING BUT THE YELLOW STAR’:MILOSEVIC’S SCRIPT FOR A SERBIAN HOLOCAUST
(Washington, D.C.): According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, Belgrade's "war presidency" has issued orders to Serbian police officers...