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To: tejek who wrote (134688)	3/21/2001 1:01:58 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570553

Of course, there was confusion...if you listen to the tapes, you realize these are not smart people. ____________________________________________________________ Tapes Detail Confusion at White House on Day Reagan Was Shot By JUSTIN POPE .c The Associated Press BOSTON (March 20) - On the day President Reagan was shot 20 years ago, his top advisers gathered in the White House situation room and had a testy discussion about the chain of command and military readiness, according to newly disclosed tapes. They knew little more than that the president had been shot, that Soviet submarines were closer to the East Coast than usual, and that the world was watching. In the April issue of Atlantic Monthly magazine, Richard V. Allen, Reagan's national security adviser at the time, reports about transcripts of the tapes from March 30, 1981, the day Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. The tapes reveal tension in the White House situation room involving Allen, Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and others. The tapes show Haig's famous remark to reporters that he was in charge was preceded by similar comments in the situation room. After being told that Reagan was on the operating table, Haig said: ''So the ... the helm is right here. And that means right in this chair for now, constitutionally, until the vice president gets here.'' Vice President George Bush was in an Air Force jet at the time, returning to Washington. Allen said in the Atlantic Monthly that no one felt like provoking a fight by pointing out that the secretary of state was not really next in line for the presidency after the vice president. The secretary of state is behind the speaker of the House and the president pro tem of the Senate. The tapes also portray aides, somewhat confusedly, tracking down the ''football'' - the briefcase that travels with the president and contains codes to launch nuclear missiles. One football traveled with the president, a second was with the vice president and the advisers were told a third was kept at the White House. ''There is one in the military aide's office,'' Allen said. ''The football is in the closet.'' After it was retrieved, Haig again asked, ''Do we have a football here? Do we?'' The advisers returned repeatedly to the topic of military readiness, debating whether to officially change to a higher level of nuclear readiness, or simply to issue an alert, a more preparatory move, as Weinberger did. Weinberger informed the others that crews from the Strategic Air Command - the nation's global nuclear strike force - had moved to their planes, a step that could save a few minutes if there were a Soviet threat. Soviet subs, he reported, were closer to the East Coast than normal, though ''not enough to worry about.'' ''The reason that I asked to have them move to the planes is because of the incident (the shooting), and I would continue to take that position until I know absolutely definitely that it's an isolated incident, which I think it is,'' Weinberger reported. Haig seemed to question whether Weinberger had the authority to make defense decisions until Bush arrived, telling him: ''You'd better read the Constitution.'' At one point in the discussion, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, whose department included the Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, commented, ''Handgun control - we'd better think that policy through again in light of this. I'll have to testify on this, so we better get something started on handgun control.'' Tapes of discussions in the situation room are generally not allowed. ''On this occasion, however, I considered a recording to be absolutely essential in order to preserve an indisputable record,'' Allen said. He said that despite brief distractions, ''the crisis-management team in the situation room worked together well.'' AP-NY-03-20-01 1605EST Copyright 2001 The Associated Press.

To: tejek who wrote (134688)	3/21/2001 2:05:29 AM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1570553

Ted Re..We need to stop pigging out and leave the ANWAR alone. <<<<< You know as well as I that we will never end our dependence upon foreign oil even with a great conservation effort. Look at CA. Are they doing everything they can to conserve electricity? And you, how much money do you think any company you invest in could make without electricity? The whole country would be bankrupt in a hurry. Not to worry, he's not nearly smart enough. You keep forgetting Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar, dubya barely averaged out his SATs. <<<<<<<< And just how smart was it really to have sex in the oval office or lie in court. Or steal the white house furniture, or give pardons to his rich friends and druggies. Not all people are pigs.<<<<<< But there are more people in love with their SuV's than there are people concerned about ANWR. I realize the dems are trying to make a big deal out of it, but you will get over it; just like you got over Prudhoe bay. You call that a solution? Harry, I think you're playing....or you are not really from WI. <<<<<< I have no idea what you are trying to say here. Enlighten me.

To: tejek who wrote (134688)	8/2/2001 5:40:12 AM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570553

TheJerk, Re: "You keep forgetting Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar ..." Yes, I'm truly impressed ... Here's another headline to send you "over the edge". Better be sitting down and on your "medication". <ggg> House OKs energy measure backed by Bush "The House last night gave the green light to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the centerpiece of President Bush's energy plan." I just love this guy. <ggg> Make It So, Yousef