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In 1981, after President Reagan was injured during a failed assassination attempt, Deputy press secretary, Larry Speakes was asked who was running the government. Speakes responded, "I cannot answer that question at this time."
In 1981, after President Reagan was injured during a failed assassination attempt, Deputy press secretary, Larry Speakes was asked who was running the government. Speakes responded, "I cannot answer that question at this time."
Haig, monitoring an unusually high level of [[Soviet]] submarine activity off the East Coast, observed Speakes remarks on television while chairing a National Security Staff meeting in the White House Situation Room. Vice President George H.W. Bush was in an aircraft with unsecured voice communication. Haig felt the need to reassure the White House press and the rest of the world that the U.S. military had not raised its alert status.
Haig, monitoring an unusually high level of [[Soviet]] submarine activity off the East Coast, observed Speakes remarks on television while chairing a National Security Staff meeting in the White House Situation Room. Vice President [[George H. W. Bush]] was in an aircraft with unsecured voice communication. Haig felt the need to reassure the White House press and the rest of the world that the U.S. military had not raised its alert status.
Haig told reporters:
Haig told reporters: