The Nation - News from July 5, 1985
Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N. C.) denied that conservative senators have held up diplomatic nominations while they seek assurances that some conservatives appointed to diplomatic posts would not be ousted by Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Helms blamed the State Department for delaying action on half of the nominations. In a letter to the Washington Post, Helms brushed aside suggestions that the nominations “have been unconscionably delayed by malignant influences in the Senate.”
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