Globetrotters with No Compass?

Disarray in foreign policy is under fire at home

The Reagan Administration last week could not be fairly accused of ignoring foreign affairs. Vice President George Bush was in Paris, where he held what he called "warm and friendly" talks with France's new Socialist President Francois Mitterrand (see WORLD). Secretary of State Alexander Haig returned to Washington after a two-week trip that included stops in Peking, Manila and Wellington, New Zealand, where he sought to solidify America's ties with its allies in the Pacific. Special Envoy Philip Habib was still shuttling in the...

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