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NetJraskan
Friday, January 28,1994
Congressmen vote to
lift Vietnam embargo
WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the
last American soldier left Vietnam, two sena
tors who bear the scars of that war helped
convince their colleagues Thursday the time
has come to lift trade sanctions.
It’s time to “put the war behind us,” said Sen.
John Kerry, D-Mass., a Vietnam veteran who
was wounded three times.
The 62-38 vote urging the administration to
lift the trade embargo is not binding, but it
provides considerable impetus for the adminis
tration to move toward normalizing relations
with the former enemy.
Veterans’ groups, who want to see a full
accounting of Americans still missing from the
war, were angered by the vote.
“We were somewhat stunned that they didn ’ I
listen to the veterans and families" who feel
Vietnam is still not forthcoming on the POW
MLA issue, said Phil Budahn, spokesman for
the American Legion.
Yet it was the Vietnam veterans in the
Senate - led by Kerry and Sen. John McCain, R
Ariz. - who were the most eloquent in urging an
end to the enmity and the beginning of trade
relations.
“If you want to put the war behind us and act
in a statesmanlike fashion and move to the
future and protect the interests of this nation
you will vote to lift the embargo,” Kerry said.
McCain spoke in a hushed voice of his own
six years in Captivity in a North Vietnam pris
oner-of-war camp. He said the fates of tnose
still missing could best be learned by expanding
relations with Hanoi.
“I don’t often discuss my past experiences in
the Vietnam War,” McCain said, recalling how
his communist jailers threatened that those
prisoners who didn’t cooperate would never
return home.
Six of the eight senators who served in
Vietnam approved the legislation, including
Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., a Congressional
Medal of Honor winner who lost part of his leg
in Vietnam.
Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H., led the battle against
the amendment, arguing that it violates the will
of veterans and the families of MIAs.
“They are petrified that this amendment is
going to pass and they will lose the leverage
they have to get the answers about their loved
ones,” Smith said.
Smith was in the Navy during the Vietnam
War, serving in the Gulf of Tonkin. He pro
posed an opposing amendment that would have
required the president to certify that Vietnam is
fully complying with the search for MIAs be
fore trade sanctions could be lifted. It was
defeated 58-42.
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Harding admits knowing details
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tonya Harding
admitted Thursday that she failed to come
forward with what she learned after the
attack on Nancy Kerrigan, but pleaded not to
be denied “my last chance” at an Olympic
gold medal.
The U.S. Olympic Committee said it was
“deeply concerned” about Harding’s admis
sion. The committee and the U.S. Figure
Skating Association have said Harding could
be removed from the team if she is linked to
the attack.
“I had no prior knowledge of the planned
assault on Nancy Kerrigan,” Harding said.
“I am responsible, however, for failing to
report things I learned about the assault
when I returned home from nationals.
“Many of you will be unable to forgive
me for that. It will be difficult for me to
forgive myself.”
Her statement came as her ex-husband,
Jeff Gillooly, spoke to investigators for the
second consecutive day in what a source said
was an attempt to cut a deal in exchange for
implicating Harding in the Jan. 6 attack.
Harvey Schiller, executive director of the
USOC, issued a statement saying the orga
nization is concerned about the comments
Harding released Thursday.
The figure skating association said
Harding would be on the list of official
entries in the Lillehammer Games submit
ted to the USOC, but the association has
appointed a hearing panel to investigate, a
first step in the process that could lead to her
removal from the team.
Schiller said Harding’s name would be
on the U.S. roster submitted to international
Olympic officials Jan. 31, but that list can be
changed as late as Feb. 21.
Harding and her lawyer said they would
fight to keep her on the team.
“I have devoted my entire life to one
objective: winning an Olympic Gold Medal
for my country,” she said. ‘This is my last
chance. I ask only for your understanding
and the opportunity to represent my country
with the best figure skating performance of
my life.”
FBI reassigns supervisors
to step up fight against crime
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Louis
Freeh, declaring “we need fewer agents behind
desks,” announced Thursday temporary reas
signment of 150 headquarters supervisors to
investigate crimes around the nation’s capital.
He also said he planned later to shift 600 of
the FBI’s 10,078 agents permanently from
supervisory and administrative work to crime
fighting jobs in every state.
Attorney General Janet Reno joining Freeh
at a news conference, said, “We are not talking
about shuffling papers ... We are ... putting
people in the streets to fight crimes.”
“Crime is so severe in Washington that
extraordinary steps must be taken to make the
nation’s capital safer,” Freeh said. The city has
seen record murder rates in recent years and
unsuccessfully sought National Guard assis
tance with crime recently.
“Like Washington, other parts of our coun
try are also virtual war zones, and they, too,
need more agents,” Freeh added.
He said he acted in Washington first because
of budget limitations. He can move 100 agents
temporarily to the Washington metropolitan
offices and 50 to the Baltimore office. He said
the move should be completed in 60 days.
By the end of the year, if the White House
budget office and congressional committees
agree, Freeh said he intends to transfer 300
supervisors from Washington permanently to
the most overtaxed of the 56 field offices
around the nation. He said the offices to get
more agents have not be selected.
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