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Focuses on the political developments in the U.S. with reference to the stand taken by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on various issues. Information on the loss of 37 U.S. seamen aboard the USS Stark as a result of an accidental Iraqi air attack in the Gulf; Discussion on the foreign relation of the U.S. with the Persian Gulf; Briefings offered to all the appropriate leaders of houses and their staffs on the Gulf plans; Amendment by the U.S. Senate forbidding the administration to protect Kuwaiti ships until it had reported to Congress on its contingency plans; View that the flagging of Kuwaiti ships increase the risk of the U.S. going to war with Iran; Suggestion that President Reagan should make it clear that the U.S. aims to protect neutral shipping, not help Iraq in the war.

The article presents updates related to U.S. politics and government as of June 29, 1981. White House National Security Adviser Richard V. Allen is gradually boosting his influence in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The efforts of the Reagan administration to loosen restrictions on U.S. nuclear exports has been negatively affected by Israel's bombing of Iraq's nuclear reactor. Republicans are expected to raise business grievances about workplace safety measures.

This article presents news briefs related to political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. It focuses the victory of political candidate, Gary Hart in Connecticut. He got 54.9 per cent, Senator Walter Mondale 30.3 per cent and Senator Jesse Jackson 12.2 per cent. It also discusses political campaigns by Senators Mario Cuomo, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Edward Koch. It is reported that an investigation was conducted regarding the use of chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war by Iraq. It refers to the political relations between the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the government of El Salvador.

The article presents information on political developments in the U.S. The release of Lieutenant Robert Goodman is a minor political loss for U.S. President Ronald Reagan, and a blow for Senator Walter Mondale and the Democratic Party. The Senate race between two Republicans, Jesse Helms in North Carolina and Roger Jepsen in Iowa, has come to a tie, assuring Republican retention of the Senate. Special Envoy Donald Rumsfeld carried a letter from Reagan to Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq, according to which Washington would resume full diplomatic relations with Baghdad as soon as Hussein gave the word.