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No Foreign Policy?

The Washington press corps runs in a pack; this was never more evident than in the recent brouhaha over Reagan’s foreign policy and its assorted alleged deficiencies. “The storm is obviously coming,” James Reston warned darkly, charging the Administration with foreign policy “misconduct,” no less. Joe Kraft, Joseph C. Harsh, and even, alas, Norman Miller of the Wall Street Journal all engaged in handwringing of varying torque. Let’s take a look at the bill of indictment, and see whether it is a true bill.

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No Foreign Policy?

The Washington press corps runs in a pack; this was never more evident than in the recent brouhaha over Reagan’s foreign policy and its assorted alleged deficiencies. “The storm is obviously coming,” James Reston warned darkly, charging the Administration with foreign policy “misconduct,” no less. Joe Kraft, Joseph C. Harsh, and even, alas, Norman Miller of the Wall Street Journal all engaged in handwringing of varying torque. Let’s take a look at the bill of indictment, and see whether it is a true bill.