CRISIS IN THE CARIBBEAN : Last Question of Night: Who Goes on ‘Today’?
The deal had been struck, the planes had been turned around, the President had addressed the nation on television, but before leaving the White House, the nation’s top military leaders had one last chore to complete--who gets to go on the “Today Show.”
Just after Defense Secretary William J. Perry, Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, completed a White House news conference Sunday night outlining the deal reached in Haiti, reporters gathered near the office of White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers. Down the corridor, the reporters could hear Myers, Perry and Shalikashvili engaged in an urgent discussion.
“OK,” Myers could be heard saying, addressing one of the two men, “you do ‘Nightline’ tonight. Now who’s going to do the morning shows?”
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