The Nation: Muskie's Caution

If George McGovern's hope is that Edmund Muskie will have to take positions on controversial issues as soon as possible, Muskie managed to finesse one such challenge last week. While traveling through the Middle East, the Soviet Union and Germany, Muskie faced the usual problem of the political tourist: pleasing both foreign host and domestic constituents. In Egypt he hewed to strict neutrality.

Since he was in the region on a fact-finding tour, he had "no opinion at this moment" about touchy questions like arms for Israel. His talks with President Anwar Sadat were...

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