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Clinton stars in a sequel to sell his plans
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — When a
movie cashes in at the box office, the
producers are usu
ally quick to plan a
sequel. Now Bill
Clinton is relying
upon the same stu
dios that helped
him become a cam
paign star in hopes
of selling his eco
nomic plan.
“Shared sacrifice,” was Clinton’s
message Wednesday as he held the
first televised town hall since his in
auguration to talk about the economy
and the deficit.
It’s a tough sell with more at stake
than how well Clinton does in market
ing his economic ideas. Clinton was
also trying to reassure voters about his
entire agenda.
As a candidate, Clinton relied on
televised town halls, MTV appear
ances, even “Donahue” and the
“Arsenio Hall Show” to take his mes
sage directly into America’s living
rooms.
It’sastralcgy political advisers say
is now critical to the success of
Clinton’s presidency.
The economy was his campaign
compass, but most of the media atten
tion in Clinton’s first three weeks has
been on the likelihood of higher taxes
to battle the deficit, his efforts to end
the military’s ban on homosexuals
and a search for an attorney general
that has twice gone awry.
When he needed to reassure voters
and shift the debate back to favorable
turf, Candidate Clinton deftly used
televised town halls to mix policy and
politics in the comfortable surround
ings of “real people.” President
Clinton shows no inclination to veer
from that approach.
“He wanted to give the American
people a chance to talk and ask about
things that arc on their mind, which is
often very different from what is on
the media’s mind,” said White
Housepress secretary Dee Dee Myers.
The choice of sites for Clinton’s
first foray outside Washington as presi
dent was no accident,either. Clinton’s
success in the Midwestand California
won him the election, and as Clinton
wrapped up his hour-long forum in
suburban Detroit Wednesday night,
Vice President A1 Gore was begin
ning a similar program in California.
“It’s part of an ongoing political
campaign to go to places that matter,”
said a White House official involved
in planning the events.
Clinton aides say the town hall
forum and other technological ad
vances will be used in the coming
weeks again to allow Clinton to com
municate directly to the American
public like no president before him.
They arc convinced Cl in ton can drum
up the public support he needs as a
lever with Congress.
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Mysterious AIDS-like illness not new virus
BOSTON — A mysterious out
break of AIDS-like illness that cre
ated an uproar last summer prob
ably has many different causes and
almostcertainly doesn’trcsult from
a single new virus, several studies
conclude.
The studies suggest that the dis
ease isactually amishmash of simi
lar- looking ailments that have been
around a long time and are not
contagious.
Pope: African Christians must be protected
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Pope
John Paul II told Sudan’s military
leader on Wednesday that his Mus
lim fundamcntalistgovcmmcnihad
a duty to protect Christians strug
gling for the freedom to practice
their faith.
A human rights group insisted
the Sudanese government violated
the rights of Christians and ethnic
and religious minorities.
A village official said Sudan’s
president “docs not give a damn
whether the pope is around,” and
has bombed their area.
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Clinton offers troops to
enforce Bosnian peace
WASHINGTON — The Clinion
administration said Wednesday U.S.
troops could be sent to enforce peace
in the former Yugoslavia if warring
factions can negotiate a settlement.
“Our conscience revolts” at unending
accounts of murder and rape, said
Secretary of State Warren M. Christo
pher.
Christopher announced the possi
bility of using American troops as
part of an international force to deal
with what he called “a cauldron of
ethnic hatreds.”
Other key provisions of a six-point
administration plan included the ap
pointment of Reginald Bartholomew,
the U.S. ambassador to NATO, to
assist international mediators forge
agreement, and a pledge to tighten the
U.N. trade embargo against the fed
eration of Serbia and Montenegro.
Christopher, at a news conference,
denounced the Serbs, accusing them
of a wide range of atrocities in Bosnia
Herzegovina, but he said President
Clinton had ruled out providing the
Muslims with U.S. weapons or using
U.S. air power to silence Serbian
mortar Fire.
He said those options were weighed
during the three-week review con
ducted by the new administration but
were discarded out of concern that
British, French and Canadian peace
keepers in the stricken country might
be “gravely endangered.”
He said the United States could not
ignore what is going on in Bosnia
Hcrzcgovina and said Clinton wanted
to “bring the full weight of American
diplomacy to bear.”
On the potential use of U.S. troops,
Christopher said they would be sent to
the Balkans only in the event of a
negotiated settlement and only as part
of a multinational U.N. or NATO
force.
“We are prepared to use our mili
lary power to enforce the agreement,”
he said. “It is premature to try to
analyze what kind of military power
is necessary.”
Other senior U.S. officials, speak
ing on condition of anonymity, said
there was no decision yet on whether
ground troops would act as peace
keepers.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., a se
nior member of the Foreign Relations
Committee, said Christopher called
him and said that as many as 5,000 to
10,000 American troops could join a
40,000-member NATO force that
might go to Bosnia under U.N. aus
pices once a new peace accord is
concluded.
Christopher, describing the situa
tion in the Balkans as deteriorating,
said: “By acting now we can prove
that every crisis does not mean a
choice between inaction and unilat
eral American” action.
Clinton begins cutting government jobs
Second batch
of cuts to cost
100,000 positions
W ASHINGTON—Wiih the stroke
of a pen, President Clinton on Wednes
day began the process of climinaiing
100,000 government jobs, disman
tling scores of commissions and strip
ping executives of many fringe ben
efits.
It was the second installment in
Clinton’s campaign to show that fis
cal belt-lightening starts at home.
The era of high living on the tax
payers by government officials “has
come to an end,” Clinton said as he
signed a series of orders. The reduc
tions are in addition to program cuLs to
be included in the president’s upcom
ing economic program and budget.
On Tuesday, Clinton announced a
cut in the White House staff of about
25 percent.
Americans “don’t want a govern
ment that wastes money, a govern
ment that costs more and does less,”
he told his Cabinet. “Now, you and I
must deliver.” The new orders will:
—Reduce through attrition the 2.1
million fulltime civilian federal work
force by 100,(XX) by the end of 1995,
with 10 percent of the cuts from man
agement. Some 2(X),(XX) workers re
tire or quit each year.
—Require cuts in administrative
costs totalling 14 percent by 1997.
This includes travel, consulting fees,
printing and supplies.
—Eliminate athird of the 700 presi
dcniial advisory boards and commis
sions.
—Eliminate home-to-work use of
chauffeur-driven limousines for top
Cabinet deputies, except for national
security reasons. Cabinet secretaries
will continue to have full limo ser
vice.
—Require all federal executive
dining rooms toeilhercovcr their own
costs or shut down.
—Further restrict use of federal
aircraft for non government purposes.
Cabinet officials will need White
House permission for such trips.
Clinton’s cuts cover neither the
legislative nor judicial branches of
government. The military is also not
covered, nor the independent Postal
Service.
Powell says he’d prefer leaving post early I
WASHINGTON — Gen. Colin
Powell said Wednesday he will com
plete his term as chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff if asked by President
Clinton, but would prefer to leave a
bit early.
In a day of appearances on TV
interview shows, Powell strongly dis
Kuted a New York Times report that
is desire to retire early was rein
forced by disagreements with Clinton
over the new president’s policies on
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homosexuals and budget cuts.
Powell, 55, is the nation’s highest
ranking military officer as well as the
chief military adviser to the president.
He has held the job since Oct. 1,1989.
“I am not unhappy, I am not disap
pointed, I am not crosswise with the
administration,” he told CNN.
Powell said he had wanted to quit
“a month or so” before his term as
Joint Chiefs chairman ends on Sept.
30 “in order to get my family re
settled.” He said he had made his wish
known privately before Clinton took
office, and Powell’s spokesman said
it was reiterated to Les Aspin, the new
defense secretary.
In a later CNN interview, when
told that While House spokesmen had
said Clinton wants him to serve out
his full term, Powell indicated he
would slay on the job if asked.
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