Lubbers agreed to the deployment but only on a much longer timetable than Washington had requested. By the time the deadline came around, the United States and the Soviet Union had agreed to ban medium-range missiles, rendering the deployment issue moot. ..…

Thursday, White House Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders admonished Democrats for leaving town, though most Republicans, were not in Washington either... The President and his team stayed Washington over Christmas hoping to negotiate deal that would stop the dangerous crisis on the..…