Nation: Church and State

An awkward ally for Carter

As the Carter Administration struggles with its vexing problems abroad, it has to keep a wary eye at home on a highl.y independent Senator who is determined to influence U.S. foreign policy. Fulfilling a lifelong ambition, Idaho Democrat Frank Church last month became the new chairman of the prestigious Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Church insists that he wants to be a Carter ally, despite his recent criticism of U.S. moves in the Middle East and Taiwan, but the White House is worried. Says one presidential adviser about Church: "We...

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