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£—=_ News Digest Clinton calls for national renewal, sacrifice T»nuuiMVj i — wiiiiam Jefferson Clinton was inaugurated the 42nd presidentof the United Statcson Wednesday before a cheering crowd of a quarter-million, bringing a new generation to power and pledging “to face strong truths and take strong steps.” Clinton called for national renewal but acknowledged, “It will not be easy; it will require sacrifice.” He specified none in his inaugural ad dress, leaving that for later. Clinton used the word change 11 times, and promised his Democratic administration would end the “dead lock and drift” of government. “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what isright with America,"Clinton said at a Capitol ceremony. Cheers, whistles and applause swelled from the more than 250,000 people there. Around the world, mil lions watched the ceremony on televi sion. Pennsylvania Avenue was packed with well-wishers as the new presi dent and his wife, Hillary, walked several blocks of the parade route to their new home at the White House. Hand in hand, they walked inside after staying past darkto watch march ing units from every state. i : yuigoing ^resident Bush watched stoically as Clinton was sworn in by Chief Justice W il liam Rchnquist. B ush stepped forward to shake his successor’s hand. Bush flew home to Houston, end ing a quarter century of public service and 12 years of Republican rule in the White House. At 46, Clinton is the nation’s third youngest president and the first of the postwar Baby Boom generation to sit in the While House. -M There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured -t by what is right with ( America . t -Clinton 5 President 5 -99 ~ , In his speech, remarkable for its brevity at 14 minutes, Clinton saluted * Bush but lamented the state of the 1 nation. v r “Raised in unrivaled prosperity, r we inherit an economy still the world’s ii strongest but weakened by business S failures, stagnant wages, increasing a ^^^^^5COtTOaurer7DN nequalily and deep divisions among >ur people,”Clinton said. He decried he high costs of health care, the courgc of crime and the hardships uffcrcd by millions of poor children. Clinton was forceful in expressing lis untested foreign policy views. “When our vital interests are chal rnged, or the will and conscience of he international community defied, /c will act — with peaceful diplo lacy when possible, with force when cccssary. The brave Americans serv lg our nation in the Persian Gulf, in omalia, and wherever else they stand re testament to our resolve.” Analysis: Clinton must deliver WASHINGTON — President Clinton’s inaugural address was the easy part. His next step is to deliver on his declaration that “to renew America, we must be bold.” Clinton will find that being bold takes a lot of work. He starts with a clean slate and has an advantage accorded no other incoming presi dent for 16 years: both houses of Congress controlled by his own party. In a 14-minute address that drew from Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Ross Perot, the new Democratic chief executive reprised the major themes of the campaign that pro pelled him to the While House. “Raised in ynrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy still the world’s strongest, but weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our people,” Clinton said. Clinton dwelled mostly on do mestic challenges: cutting the defi cit, “investing” in the nation’s in frastructure and job skills, univer sal health insurance, a national youth service program. Clinton is the first president to take office with U.S. forces in harm’s way since Richard Nixon in 1969. With the exception of Harry Truman, who assumed office in 1945 while World War II was still raging, “Bill Clinton is inheriting the biggest batch of foreign-policy confusion ... in my memory,” former Pres ident Jimmy Carter said in a post-inaugural interview with CNN. And the candidate who criti cized former President Bush dur ing the campaign for focusing on foreign policy at the expense of domestic concerns told Americans as president: “There is no clear division today between what is for eign and what is domestic - the world economy, the world envi ronment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race, they affect us all.” Borrowing from Thomas Jefferson, Clinton told Americans “to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we ...need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow Americans, this is our lime. Let us embrace it.” .Skeleton crew watches turmoil WASHING I ON — As the na tion watched a new commander in chief take the oath of office, a skeleton crew at the Pentagon kept watch Wednesday on the simmer ing military crises that President Clinton has inherited in Iraq and elsewhere. The designated new secretary of defense, Lcs Aspin, had not yet been confirmed by the Senate when Clinton assumed power, but the nation’s military structure — from the Joint Chiefs of Staff on down - remained intact. “We have no break in continu ity,” said Col. Dave Burpee, head of the Pentagon’s directorate for defense information, even though Clinton had filled none of the De fense Department’s 44 political positions other than secretary of defense. Iraqi guns and missiles, which had challenged U.S. and allied planes in the south and north of the country for a solid week, were si lent Wednesday, and there was a hopeful sign in the Balkan crisis. But the Clinton administration still faced an extremely volatile world I-1 on its first day in power. Nearly 25,000 American sol diers and Marines were carrying out Operation Restore Hope in law less and famine-stricken Somalia; five Navy ships were joiningaCoast Guard flotilla off the coast of Haiti hoping to forestall a flood of U.S. bound refugees; and 1,300 Army soldiers were settling in in Kuwait. Air Force cargo planes contin ued to fly humanitarian supplies into war-tom Sarajevo, and a Navy frigate was helping a NATO mari time team enforce a U.N. embargo against the former Y ugosla via. The parliament of Bosnia’s Serbs ap proved a plan to end the fighting with neighboring Serbia, but it was not immediately clear what effect the vote would have on the civil war. In his inauguration speech, Clinton paid tribute to “the brave Americans serving our nation to day” in the Persian Gulf and else where. And he said the United Slates must be ready to use power to defend more than just its own vital interests. Iraq gives Bush final slap with promise BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq gave George Bush one Iasi sneer Wednes day, promising lo rebuild a factory blasted by U.S. missiles and appear ing to abide by a cease-fire offered to President Clinton. U.S. planes were reported in the skies over Iraq, but military officials in Washington said there was no fire or provocations directed at American craft. Saddam Hussein promised Tues day to stop shooting at allied planes as “a gesture of good will” toward Clinton, who look office Wednesday. “The cursed criminal George Bush ended his ominous term today and departed for history’s trash heap with his hands stained with the blood of people aspiring to freedom,” the offi cial Iraqi News Agency commented. Baghdad also said it would allow U.N. weapons inspection flights to resume without the conditions Iraq imposed earlier. The 70-member U.N. inspection team will leave for Iraq today, U.N. regional Chief Doug Englund said in Manama. The group includes the 25 member chemical weapons destruc tion team }cd by American Paul Brough. Saddam ordered the reconstruc tion of the factory that was seriously damaged in an attack Sunday by U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Iraqi News Agency reported. The Penta gon said the factory at Zaafaraniych, just south of Baghdad, was an impor tant part of Iraq’s nuclear program. Iraq insisted it made moldings and machine tools for private industry. France on Wednesday criticized ihc cruise missile attack, saying it overstepped the U.N. mandate. Rus sia also opposed the attack. The U.N. Legal Department backed the French in a ruling Wednesday. It said the resolution the allies used to justify declaring “no-fly” zones in southern and northern Iraq makes no reference to the use of military force. Sunday’s attack was carried out only by missiles fired from U.S. ships. Saadi Mahdi Saleh, speaker of Iraq’s parliament, expressed his country’s “sincere desire to establish constructive relations with the new U.S. administration under Bill Clinton.” Scot^aurerrtSN Hesaid that he hoped Clinton would take positions different from those of Bush, “whose policy caused the launching of an evil aggression against an independent and peace-loving people.” The Iraqi News Agency accused Bush of “ugly crimes, such as lead ing the multinational force that drove Iraa from Kuwait in February 1991. It said recent allied attacks were Bush’s “last, poisoned drops of hatred.” Nebraskan Editor Chris Hopfensperger 472-1766 Managing Editor Alan Phelps Assoc News Editors Wendy Mott Assoc News Editors Tom Malnelll Editorial Page Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick Wire Editor Todd Cooper Copy Desk Editor Kathy Steinauer Sports Editor John Adklsson Arts & Entertain- Mark Baldridge ment Editor Diversions Editor Kim Spurlock Photo Chief Klley Tlmperley Night News Editors Stephanie Purdy Mike Lewis Steve Smith Lori Stones Art Director Scott Maurer General Manager Dan Shattil Production Manager Katherine Policky Publications Board Chairman Tom Massey 488-8761 Professional Adviser Don Walton / 473-7301 FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily NebraskanfUSPS 144 080) is published by the UNL Publications Board Nebraska Union 34,1400 RSt,Lincoln, NE, Monday through Friday during the academic year, weekly during summer sessions Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a m and 5 p.m Monday through Friday Thepublicalso has access to the Publications Board For information, contact Tom Massey, 488-8761. Subscription price is $50 for one year Postmaster: send address changes to the Dally Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE 68588 0448 Second class postage paid at Lincoln, NE ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1993 DAILY NEBRASKAN oero acceptance ot peace plan could be a ploy, Bosnians say P ALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina— An assembly of Bosnian Serbs on Wednesday accepted a plan to end Bosnia’seivil war, but what appeared to be a step toward peace may be little more than a tactical maneuver. While giving the international com munity the “yes” it sought for the peace plan, the Serbs also insisted on the right to self-determination. The Serbs’ foes have tentatively accepted the plan. The interna tional community had told Bosnia’s Serbs to accept the plan uncondition ally or risk further isolation and pos sible military intervention. Rejection would have doomed the peace talks and increased fighting. Warfare appeared to ease through out Bosnia on Wednesday, but Mus lim-led government forces captured the Jezero hill in eastern Bosnia after four days of biller fighting. Serbian fighters had to withdraw over the Drina River into the neighboring re public of Serbia, iheUelgradc-bascd Tanjug news agency reported. The Muslims can use the hill to control a large area on the Drina River border with Serbia. Lord Owen of the European Com munity, who with U.N. envoy Cyrus Vance drafted the peace plan, wel comed the Serbs’ decision. Kcmal Muflic, a lop aide to Bosnia’s Muslim president, Alija I/.etbcgovic, said the Serbs’ accep tance ‘means nothing on the ground.’ The Serbs’ acceptance of the plan was decided by their self-declared parliament, which met in Pale, just cast of Sarajevo. The vote was 55-12 with one abstention. The assembly has 81 scats, but most of the missing lawmakers did not travel to Pale. “The Serb side is ready for an immediate cease-fire including Sarajevo,” said Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. He emphasized the vote did not mean full agreement with the Vancc 3wcn plan. The Serb assembly “opted for the immediate ending of the war and for peace and negotiations. It added: “We keep the right of self-determination.” I-SPORTS WIRE-1 NBA suspends, fines Barkley for rampage I wrws.— l nc D A 10IU Charles Barkley Wednesday what it thought of his latest adventure, an impromptu vault over the scorer’s table at Madison Square Graden to pursue an official. XTT7T ^_ Barkley was suspended without pay for one game and fined S10,000 by NBA vice president Rod Thom for his hop, skip and jump from the Phoenix sideline. i^ani?> ncai naming or coacnes i urK uiants appear to be leaning toward Dan Reeves, and the New England Patriots seem serious about Bill Parcclls. That’s where the NFL’s coaching merry go-round ends. The Denver Broncos have nar rowed their coaching list to four and none of the candidates are former Patriots coaches. Broncos owner Pal Bowlcn ex pects to names a successor for the o _^ urea Kecves next week. On Tues- <v day, he interviewed defensive co ordinator Wade Phillips lor more than four hours, and he already has spoken to defensive coordinators Ray Rhodcsof thcGrccn Bay Pack ers and Steve Sidwell of the New Orleans Saints. San Francisco 49crs offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan will be the last to interview, sometime this week. ocnuu lu meet wiin otncials about slurs nfkimviiT a ***■ ... — Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Scholl formally responded Wednesday to allega tions she made racial and ethnic slurs, submitting her evidence to the National League lawyer in New York. Schott, accused of slurring macks, Jews and Asians, is 10 meet Friday with baseball's executive council at Grapevine, Texas. The executive council, which has ruled baseball since Sept. 7 in the absence of a commissioner, has the power to suspend Scholl or fine her up to $250,(XXX).