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The Nation - News from June 25, 1986

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Four conservative Republican senators have hired a former Defense Department aide fired by the Reagan Administration for allegedly disclosing classified information to the media. Michael E. Pillsbury, dismissed in April as assistant undersecretary of defense for policy planning, said he has been hired to work on foreign policy and trade issues by Sens. Gordon J. Humphrey of New Hampshire, Chic Hecht of Nevada, Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Orrin G. Hatch of Utah.

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