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For fair use July 5, 1999 Showdown in Pristina The Russian contingent that declared its sovereignty over Pristina's airport is a stark sign of how deeply the Kosovo war has eroded the already deteriorating US-Russian relationship. Although we still don't know who made the decision to send in the Russian troops, Boris Yeltsin seems to have signed on after the fact, if not before. What we don't know is whether Yeltsin was convinced of the wisdom of the action or whether it was in effect imposed on him. Whatever the origin of the move, the fact and symbolism of those ...

Holbrooke Gains Support for UN Post By DAVID HO The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Richard Holbrooke, whose diplomatic work helped bring peace to Bosnia, is gaining some Republican support for his confirmation as U.N. ambassador after a year of investigation into his ethical conduct. Four of the 10 Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including influential Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana, expressed support for Holbrooke's nomination. None of the eight committee Democrats has expressed reservations, so only two Republicans need to back Holbrooke to send his nomination to the full Senate. Two more days of hearings are scheduled ...

Clinton Concedes Momentary Defeat By LAURIE KELLMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-controlled House narrowly voted to loosen restrictions on sales at gun shows, marking a victory for the National Rifle Association. President Clinton conceded momentary defeat. Asked today if the NRA beat him, Clinton snapped: ``They did.'' The 218-211 vote, he added, ``was a great victory for the NRA but it was a great defeat for the safety of our children.'' Supporters of the measure said it would help restore the rights of law-abiding citizens, but Clinton accused them of squeaking the legislation through ``in the dead ...

The Clinton administration and most Democrats continue to characterize the Chinese filching of some of our most sensitive nuclear missile technology (detailed in the Cox Report) as the unfortunate result of well-intentioned but inadequate security measures. That's the spin. The reality, however, suggests that if what transpired wasn't treasonous, it was incredibly close. The president has yet to admit, possibly even to himself, that he is guilty of a cover-up far more devastating than the Monica Lewinsky affair, intrepid Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz writes in his new book, ``Betrayal: How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security.'' He speaks ...

BRUSSELS -- Just nine months after winning control of most of Europe's government, the parties of the center-left have lost the biggest election of all as conservatives swept back to dominate the 15-nation European Parliament for the first time in 20 years.The election was humiliation for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who saw his 62 Labour MEPs (Members of European Parliament) elected in the 1994 election slashed by more than half to just 29. The number of Eurosceptic Tories in the European Parliament rose from 17 to 35. Most were elected on a strident “Save our British Pound” campaign ...

Clinton Donator May Be Extradited By OLIVER TEVES The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine president will not interfere in a U.S. request for the extradition of one of his friends, who allegedly made illegal campaign contributions to President Clinton, his spokesman said today. The U.S. Embassy asked the Philippine government on Thursday to arrest and extradite Filipino businessman Mark Jimenez on charges of tax evasion, wire fraud, conspiracy, giving false statements and campaign financing charges. An indictment issued September in Washington accused Jimenez of illegally giving nearly $40,000 to Democratic Party candidates. Those charges were incorporated into ...

June 16, 1999 Volume 2 Issue 4 "Equipping Grassroots America with the Facts for Action" President, Tom DeWeese Editor, Catherine Ellis Permission is granted for unlimited reproduction with proper attribution. American Policy Center 13873 Park Center Rd. Suite 316 Herndon, VA 20171 (703) 925-0881 FAX: (703) 925-0991 apc@americanpolicy.org http:\\www.americanpolicy.org VICTORY in the U.S. House!!! Battle to Pass "Land Sovereignty Protection Act" Now Moves to Senate" "The concept of the bill is solid and simple-give Americans control over America!" Rep. John Peterson R-PA) "The American Land Sovereignty Protection Act" (H.R. 883) passed in the House of Representatives on May 20, 1999 ...

Not for commercial use. Posted for the purpose of discussion only. Sovereignty Matters Oliver North June 18, 1999 WASHINGTON -- Tony Blair, Bill Clinton's new best buddy, was shocked. The June European Parliamentary elections seem to have rejected the vaunted "Third Way" globalists in the Blair government. The conservative Tories overwhelmed Blair's hand-picked Labor Party liberals by a margin of 36 percent to 28 percent. This victory is all the more significant when you consider that the Labor Party has dominated the political landscape of Great Britain since it came to power in April 1997. In fact, as Brits went ...

The results of this week's poll were intriguing. While some 46% lined up with the position that without so much regulation in the first place, whether and how to deregulate industries would be irrelevant (which would presumably be a good thing), a total of 46% felt either that electricity deregulation was unnecessary or that the industry should bear the costs. Even if (and it's a significant "if") we add the former group to that 5% who voted that government should assist business in the dereg transition, that still leaves remarkable parity from a group that tends to be vocally ...

There is an aura of self-congratulation emanating from Washington following the administration's air war in the Balkans. Although NATO's forces ultimately prevailed at virtually no cost of life to its own troops, Madeleine Albright's war was the result of a blatant diplomatic failure. The Rambouillet agreement was so fatally flawed that it helped precipitate what it was meant to prevent - the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo. Biship Artemija, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, which has called for Slobodan Milosevic to step down, published an open letter recently saying that ''the bombs gave the pretext to the expulsion of ...

MANCHESTER, N.H.---Al Gore, is the Tin Man: immobile, rusting, decent, badly in need of that oil can. George W. Bush is the Scarecrow: charming, limber, cocky, fidgety, seeking to stuff his head with a few more weighty thoughts. (Dan Quayle and Gary Bauer are, of course the Flying Monkeys.) Al Gore is so feminized and diversified and ecologically correct that he's practically lactating. George Bush is all swagger, with macho campaign (accessories)of custom-made ostrich leather black cowboy boots with "G.W.B." emblazoned, and a huge belt buckle with with "Gov. George W. Bush," and baseball statistics, and pork and beans, and ...

Congressman Asa Hutchinson 1535 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4301 Fax: (202) 225-5713 Dear Congressman Hutchinson, It is reported by the press that you were one of the three persons of the 30 members of the House Judiciary Committee that voted against sending the Forfeiture Reform bill, H.R. 1658, to the House floor. You don't know how much this shocks and distresses me. Not that I don't expect that kind of behavior from politicians in general. In my lifetime I have seen the steady deterioration of ethical principles and dedication to honoring the Constitution by nearly ...

Conservatives are looking for a presidential candidate with the right stuff, which in the 2000 election will mean two traits above all: the ability to win the general election, and the ability to help re-define the conservative movement for the post-Cold War world. In search of a winner The ability to win may seem a truism, but in 1964 conservatives did not back Barry Goldwater because they thought him likely to win. They cheered him because he offered “a choice, not an echo,” and because his nomination signified the conquest of the Republican Party by the right. The 1964 ...

PHILADELPHIA, June 18 (Reuters) - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) should increase at a 3.2-percent annual rate in the second quarter and 2.8 percent in the second half of the year, according to 45 forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia for its semi-annual Livingston survey.The economists also projected an annualized GDP growth rate of 2.1 percent for the first half of 2000.GDP was seen expanding at a rate of 3.8 percent for 1999, and 24 percent in 2000, the survey said.Forecasters said oil price gains should push inflation higher than previously thought.The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected ...

Hillary's friends would like you to vote if she should run for senate. If you could please take the time and show them that you care it would be appreciated. http://www.us.net/indc/hilhome.htm I don't know how to make this a link, so you will have to paste. My apologies.

Clintonic Banking Clintonic Banking by George W. Maschke 18 June 1999   President Clinton has approved a covert action program that calls for the Central Intelligence Agency to try to destabilize the Yugoslav Government of Slobodan Milosevic, United States officials said. ... The plan does not include American military assistance for the Kosovo Liberation Army, the officials said. But they say it does call for computer attacks on foreign bank accounts held by Milosevic and other Serbian leaders, such as draining assets or altering banking records. --James Risen The New York Times 18 June 1999   Mister Clinton   Gives ...

Now that we have achieved victory in Kosovo, the time comes to ponder the lessons learned. What did we achieve?Of course, we do not know the final chapter of NATO's occupation, so we can only speculate about short-term effects. But presume that all goes well, and we do not end up taking casualties in a bloody guerrilla war. What will that mean? Victory wasn't cheapFirst, of course, our efforts to restore and protect Kosovo will be long and expensive. Operation Restore Democracy in Haiti is cheap by comparison -- and no one is touting it as a victory. Most ...

“We simply don’t have enough money.”James W. Dyer, Staff Director,House Appropriations Committee. June 6, 1999That the staff director of the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee should argue for breaking the spending caps put in place by the Republican Congress in 1997 may tell us all we need to know about what happens next in the budget process. A Republican Congress, which has raised spending 13% since taking control in 1994 on a pledge to reduce federal government spending, now thinks it needs to spend even more. The pace of spendingWill Congress break the spending caps? I think so (you can ...

in the Gore Campaign, Clinton & Gore have launched a secret plan to use Hillary's candidacy as a lightening rod to divert negative attention from Gore and allow him to distance himself from the Clinton's. They have paid hacks to spread disinformation to the Press and post disinformation on FreeRepublic and other boards to try and make it "appear" that Gore does not approve of Clinton and is not bothered by the protests at his campaign stops. Privately, Gore is outraged about the protests at his rallies and has reamed out the Secret Service for allowing it to happen. Anyone ...

MUMBAI: Chief of naval staff Admiral Sushil Kumar said here on Thursday that the Pakistani navy has now been placed in a state of red alert and is preparing for action. ``When the Army and the Air Force are involved, the situation could spill over to sea. The Pakistani navy has made tactical deployments and its state of alert can be monitored through various agencies,'' he said during a media briefing on board the battleship ``INS Delhi'' about the preparedness of the Indian Navy in case the Kargil conflict spills over to the sea. Asked whether he foresaw the possibility ...