George Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100
Michael Abramowitz and David E. Hoffman, The Washington Post
Feb. 7, 2021
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Edward Miller, right, is sworn in as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board by Justice Byron White as Secretary of Labor George Shultz and his wife, Anne Harmon Miller, look on in June 1970.Washington Post photo by Harry Naltchayan
On Sunday, Oct. 12, 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had reached a climactic moment in their summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Gorbachev proposed sweeping reductions in nuclear weapons if Reagan would constrain his missile defense plan, but Reagan balked.
munich, talking to our colleague chuck todd on meet the press. this tweet from president trump set it off labeling the press as the enemy of the american people. joining me two enemies, ruth marcus and new york times political reporter yamichel cinder. welcome both. he s criticized the press before but this was a step beyond and some said crossing the line because it s rhetoric that is ridolent of dictators past. past and present and it crosses the line because the constitution tells us it crosses the line. the first amendment doesn t say just freedom of speech. it says, and of the press. and that is in there for exactly the reason that senator mccain so perfectly explained. we are a thorn in the side of lots of politicians and lots of presidents, that s our job, the founding fathers understood that. we re going to continue to do it
outside, i rely on the press to figure out what s going on. not at all and in fact, it one of the values as ambassador we promote overseas, your former colleague don oberdorfer, he was rewarded and recognized outstanding journalism in south korea. these are our friends, these are our values, these are critically important for the united states not just in the united states but around the world. let me just add pran thetically in the places you serve at a moment s notice, you can be under fire, you survived a knife attack in south korea, and presumably are well healed from that but we all lived through that with you, and that terrifying moment so we think again of all of our ambassadors and diplomats and foreign service officers, many of whom have not survived their duty overseas. thank you. thank you. and coming up, help wanted. more on why the trump