Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
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Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
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Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
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Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Paul Duke and Cokie Roberts in studio. Topics on program: Further controversy over Reagan s Lebanon policy, legislation on missing children, and the boundary of truth and fiction in the Congressional record.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Paul Duke introduces Cokie Roberts reports on Lebanon controversy. U.S. policy is not clear; many in Congress want to withdraw Marines entirely from Lebanon.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
L/S rocky Mediterranean coast of Lebanon, pan to U.S. troop carrying ship offshore. Marine truck driving up ramp into hold of ship.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Debate on House Floor. Representative Bill Alexander D - Arkansas) The Lebanon debacle has encouraged the radical elements to of the Arab world. It has endangered our ally in Israel. It has caused loss of face and prestige among our allies in Western Europe. Today I call upon the resignation of the Secretary of State, George Shultz, to begin to repair the foreign policy of our great nation among our allies.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Debate on House Floor. Newt Gingrich (R - Georgia) The gentleman from Arkansas voted in favor of Mr. Shultz s policies. Therefore, I suggest the gentleman from Arkansas, following his own logic, should resign at the end of his special order today.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
February 22, 1984 President Ronald Reagan entering press conference. Reagan at podium, as long as that chance exists, I'm not going to give up and say, Well, it's all over. And we're not bugging out; we're just going to a little more defensible position.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Secretary of State, George Shultz testifying before Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Clairborne Pell (D - Rhode Island) What is your understanding of our policy with regard to the shelling of the villages and targets in Syrian controlled Lebanon? Secretary of State, George Shultz, Our policy is simple, we are an invited presence. And when we are fired on, the local commanders have the authority to defend themselves and fire back. But they re not the only people - American people - in Lebanon. We have an ambassador; we have a residence that s practically a headquarters; we have an embassy; we have other people there. And they are also people who deserve, whose safety deserves to be attended to.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Senator John Chafee (R - Rhode Island) I think - I see it serving no particular usefulness for keeping them there. (Marines in Lebanon) I d keep some there as we ve traditionally had 1000 or so afloat with the 6th fleet. It s possible to beef that up, but I don t think we need it in the substantial quantities we have there because we re not prepared to use them.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Graphic shows majority of the public polls believing that the Marines should be withdrawn, had no useful purpose in Lebanon in the first place, and that President Reagan decided on withdrawal from Beirut for political reasons.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Bombed buildings in Beirut, Lebanon. Marines in tanks with city in background, shots of shells and tracers exploding at night.