The case for humanitarian intervention Nov 30, 2008
He has also served as a member of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, co-chaired by Cyrus Vance and David Hamburg (1994-97), and is currently a member of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Committee on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail)
Obama Ominously Backburners Terrorism Nov 26, 2008
Carter had Cyrus Vance. Reagan had Al Haig and George Schultz. (Newsmax)
Borrowing from Lincoln's genius Nov 25, 2008
Foreign diplomats often told me that Henry Kissinger, with his sense of drama, sometimes to the point of threat, was more effective than the mild-mannered Cyrus Vance who followed him. Clinton's celebrity and personality will fill that bill. (Boston Globe)
READER QUESTIONS: Get answers to your transition-related queries Nov 21, 2008
President-elect Jimmy Carter nominated Cyrus Vance for the diplomatic job Dec. 3, 1976. George W. Bush announced Colin Powell on Dec. 16. (USA Today)
US worldviews worlds apart Oct 25, 2008
The administration of president Jimmy Carter was also undone in part by internal fights between liberal internationalists led by former secretary of state Cyrus Vance and more realist forces led by national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, an early Obama supporter. In both cases, external events - in Bush's case, the September 11, 2001, attacks; in Carter's, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan followed by the Islamic revolution in Iran - acted as catalysts in shifting the balance of power... (Asia Times Online)
Getting Bush Right Oct 23, 2008
The right thing Powell could have done was resign, as Cyrus Vance did, as secretary of state before the war. Share this article on Digg. (Slate)
Smelling Blood Oct 14, 2008
Cyrus Vance Jr. - who claims he won't challenge the 89-year-old Manhattan district attorney, keeps raising funds for the race. And Leslie Crocker Snyder - who won the New York Times' endorsement four years ago, but far too few votes - is holding a media event today on the steps of City Hall to accept the support of 12 law enforcement groups, including the NYC Detectives' Endowment Assn., the NY State Supreme Court Officers, the Port Authority PBA and the Metropolitan Transit Authority PBA.. (New York Post -- Gossip)
The Fives: Land of Lakotah not the first to look for a split from the U.S. Jul 29, 2008
The council sent the above resolution to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who never acknowledged it. But more than six months later, the Mesabi Daily News ran a story on the whole affair, and in a matter of days, David Brinkley was featuring it on the NBC Nightly News. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Karadzic arrest boosts Balkans, international justice Jul 23, 2008
One little regarded but important aspect of a Karadzic trial may be the testimony he gives about talks with such diplomats as Douglas Hurd and Lord Owen of Britain, Cyrus Vance of the US, and others with whom he secured peace deals and cease-fires. Tribunals: making headway. (Christian Science Monitor)
Karadzic: Genocide suspect had long evaded justice Jul 22, 2008
In this March 4, 1993 file photo, Bosnian Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic holds a map proposed by international negotiators Lord Owen and Cyrus Vance during a news conference at United Nations headquarters. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres making him one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested on Monday evening July 21, 2008 in a sweep by Serbian security forces, the country's president and the U.N. tribunal said. (Lompoc Record, CA)
9 comments Jul 1, 2008
After Jimmy Carter won the election in 1976 and speculation began about whom he'd appoint to his cabinet, he said, if you see me appoint the likes of Cyrus Vance, that will be a signal to the American people that I've already failed. Well, he did, and he was. (Human Events Online)
Eye On Morgy Jun 9, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008 Last Update: 07:05 AM EDT. OBAMA'S MEMOIR'S REALLY 18 YEARS OLD. (New York Post -- Gossip)
LETTERS: NCT, June 7, 2008 Jun 8, 2008
The Secretary of State cabinet position has seen its share of Trilaterals as well: Henry Kissinger (Nixon, Ford), Cyrus Vance (Carter), Alexander Haig (Reagan),George Shultz (Reagan), Lawrence Eagleburger (G.H.W. Bush), Warren Christopher (Clinton) and Madeleine Albright (Clinton) There were some Acting Secretaries of State that are also noteworthy: Philip Habib (Carter), Michael Armacost (G.H.W Bush), Arnold Kantor (Clinton), Richard Cooper (Clinton). Lastly, it should be noted that the Federal... (North County Times)
US election diary: Cashing in May 31, 2008
That is when Cyrus Vance, Jimmy Carter's secretary of state, quit to protest the botched hostage rescue attempt in Iran. And let us not forget the principled Michigan newsman Jerald terHorst, who quit as Gerald Ford's press secretary the day Ford pardoned Richard Nixon. (Aljazeera.Net)
One More Time May 21, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Last Update: 07:35 AM EDT. INDY'S STILL A WHIPPERSNAPPER. (New York Post -- Gossip)
a recent interview May 14, 2008
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had opposed the action, resigns. 6. (Harper's Magazine)
Carter spreads a new doctrine Apr 23, 2008
These views were shared by his new secretary of state, Cyrus Vance, and national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. This year, Brzezinski (who is now a foreign policy advisor to Democratic presidential challenger Barack Obama) visited Damascus and met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Asia Times Online)
CARTER'S TRUE COLORS Apr 16, 2008
At this point, can anyone really doubt the truth of what Carter's own secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, told then-Mayor Ed Koch back in 1980. Speaking at a private meeting shortly before that year's presidential election, Koch told Vance that Jewish voters were afraid that a reelected Carter "will sell them out.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
ANALYSIS-Even Africa has few options on Zimbabwe Apr 10, 2008
"The South African role has been one largely of silence," said J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington. Despite opposition appeals for African intervention to head off serious bloodshed, Mbeki is still reluctant to move. (AlertNet)
Italian Businessman Charged With Bouncing $215K Check Apr 5, 2008
When contacted by ABC NEWS, Cyrus Vance Jr., Follieri's lawyer, said he was attending a funeral and unable to comment. Comment & Contribute. (ABC News)
Patient Prince Apr 4, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008 Last Update: 07:10 AM EDT. ABOUT to hit bookstores is "The Secret Life of Siegfried and Roy: How the Tiger Kings Tamed Las Vegas" by. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Philip Agee, ex-CIA agent who alleged misdeeds Jan 10, 2008
The book "caused serious damage to the national security," the State Department said shortly after its publication, and in 1979, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance stripped Mr. Agee of his passport. Prompted in large part by Mr. Agee's book, Congress in 1982 passed the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, making it illegal to knowingly divulge the identity of covert CIA officers. (Boston Globe)
Death claims the spy who never came in from the cold Jan 10, 2008
The book "caused serious damage to the national security", the State Department said after its publication, and in 1979 the then secretary of state, Cyrus Vance, stripped Agee of his passport. Prompted in large part by Agee's book, Congress in 1982 passed the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, making it illegal to knowingly divulge the identity of covert CIA officers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Lopsided friendship but nonetheless strong Jan 1, 2008
Jimmy Carter had not long been installed as the 39th president when Andrew Peacock, Australia's foreign minister, travelled to Washington in March 1977 to meet his US counterpart, Cyrus Vance, and Carter's deputy, Walter Mondale. Two years after the fall of Vietnam, Australia was anxious at Carter's propensity to "think aloud", particularly on Indian Ocean demilitarisation negotiations with the Soviets and Australian relegation among US allies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
BASF Vitamin Case, Costco, ClearPlay, Target, Ford, Amazon in Court News Dec 13, 2007
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, 88, may retire to allow New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to appoint Cyrus Vance Jr. as his replacement, the New York Post reported yesterday. Vance, a former assistant district attorney, is a principal at New York litigation boutique Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Morgy Weighs 'Early' Exit Dec 12, 2007
Morgenthau would step down before the end of the year, allowing Gov. Spitzer to appoint Cyrus Vance Jr. as his successor. Vance, son of the former secretary of state, was an assistant DA under Morgenthau before he became a top trial lawyer who served as a member of Spitzer's transition team. (New York Post -- Gossip)
'Republic of Kinney' celebration recalls day Minn. town 'seceded' Jul 10, 2007
"Be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Kinney in Kinney, Minnesota, has decided to secede from the United States of America, and become a foreign country," city officials wrote on July 13, 1977, to U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. The tongue-in-cheek secession was prompted by a real problem, the city's inability to obtain $186,000 in federal or state financial assistance to repair its crumbling water system. (AZCentral -- News)
Morris: Gates, pt. 3 Jun 27, 2007
Brzezinski in any case looked to be outnumbered by the new administration's declared "moderates" -- Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, an establishment elder who had emerged from the Kennedy-Johnson era quagmire-averse, committed to dtente, and to a further strategic arms limitation treaty (SALT II); at the Pentagon, a defense establishment scientist, Harold Brown, who abhorred the thought of foreign military entanglements while he rebuilt Vietnam-shattered department morale; and, at the CIA, a... (Zmag.org)
The Golden Ass: Jun 21, 2007
Back in the fall of 2004, he ($ required) Landon Thomas of the New York Times that he wanted to be a "Wise Man" in the mold of fellow Yalies Cyrus Vance and Averell Harriman, and sent out not-so-subtle signals that he wanted to be the next treasury secretary. But he has reaped headlines primarily for spending money rather than giving it away, and his involvement in public policy has been minimal. (Slate)
Tenet Chose Power Over Honor May 10, 2007
The second was Cyrus Vance, who opposed Jimmy Carter's quixotic and ill-fated effort in 1980 to send a helicopter team to Tehran to rescue diplomats held hostage in the U.S. Embassy by student radicals. When Carter, with disastrous results, ignored his counsel, Vance resigned as a matter of principle. (CBS News)
Sculpting the human form, mind (Kate Tsubata) Jan 15, 2007
He was creating some of the signature artworks that have graced the covers of Omni and other magazines, and have been commissioned for such well-known figures as former President George Bush, golf legend Arnold Palmer and statesman Cyrus Vance. Mr. Townsend's breathtaking sculptures of the human form are juxtaposed with crystalline staircases, archways and pillars. (Washington Times, DC)
