That seems all too often the U.S. reaction to new crises abroad
Anxiety and exhaustion lined their faces. They had been up much of the night, trying to deal with a bewildering series of crises around the world. the US ambassador in Afghanistan had been kidnapped and killed. The US embassy in Iran had been overrun by an armed mob, which held 70 Amercians captive for hour (see WORLD). Now a worried Jimmy Carter, flanked by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, was off on an important state visit to...
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