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Lott Fights Back As McCain Pushes Campaign Finance Bush Urges Ban on Soft Money From Corporations and Unions By David S. Broder and Helen Dewar Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, July 2, 1999; Page A03 The issue of campaign finance reform, largely dormant on Capitol Hill for the past year, reignited in the Senate yesterday with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) exchanging insults over McCain's effort to promote the issue in his presidential campaign and prod the Senate to act. Even as Texas Gov. George W. Bush's call for banning "soft money" gifts from corporations ...

"Representative Henry Hyde, Woodward tells us, attempted by an elaborate back-channel maneuver to have the House of Representatives censure Clinton instead of impeaching him, though Hyde was the leading public advocate of impeachment. "Starr, in Woodward's account, comes across as a reasonable man who was driven mad (or as Woodward more responsibly puts it, "lost his way") because of the nature of the job and of the Clintons, and who came to see the feints and ploys of his opponents as shocking personal attacks on him to which the normal response was total war. Once he had arrived at this ...

General Defends Apache Aviator Memo By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The commander of the 24 Apache attack helicopters sent to Albania defended an internal memo in which he suggested pilots assigned to fly against Serb forces were undertrained and underequipped. Brig. Gen. Richard Cody told members of a House Armed Services subcommittee on Thursday that his memo was ``an honest assessment of strengths and weaknesses.'' In the June 16 memo, intended for the incoming Army chief of staff, Cody complained that the first three weeks in Albania ``were painful and high risk.'' The document said ...

Jury Acquits Clinton-Gore Donor of 42 Charges in Finance Probe By Bill Miller Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 2, 1999; Page A02 Tennessee financier Franklin L. Haney, a longtime friend of Vice President Gore's family, was acquitted by a jury yesterday of 42 charges accusing him of violating campaign contribution laws. The verdict in U.S. District Court was a setback for the Justice Department's investigation into Democratic fund-raising. Haney, a Chattanooga millionaire and developer, had been accused of illegally channeling $62,500 in contributions to the Clinton-Gore campaigns of 1992 and 1996, as well as $61,000 to campaigns for Tennessee ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Capital planners on Thursday rejected a four-acre site near the National Mall that was proposed for a monument to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Supporters of the project, already approved by Congress, now expect to look again at three sites close to the Lincoln Memorial, where King gave his ``I have a dream'' speech in 1963, five years before he was murdered. By a 7-5 vote, the National Capital Planning Commission turned down the proposed site near memorials to Presidents Jefferson and Franklin Roosevelt. ``Philosophically, it doesn't work,'' said Margaret G. Vanderhye, one ...

Webcasting: Radio stations and listeners around world embrace Net By Eric Young Bee Staff Writer (Published July 1, 1999) Shane Carpenter is cruising the radio dial from his Sacramento home. First, he listens to some country tunes from KFAT in Gilroy. Then it's Celtic music being broadcast from Ireland. Now it's back to KMUD in Humboldt County. Although these stations' signals don't reach Sacramento, Carpenter fills his ears with this audio cornucopia thanks to a booming trend in the radio industry: audio broadcasting on the Internet. Thousands of radio stations in the United States and across the world have begun ...

I saw Albright entering a MacDonalds in Detroit Michigan, she was wearing a Guns-n-Roses concert shirt and a low brim hat, but it was her, no doubt about it.

Primaries Could Be Decisive by Mid-March Big States Compress Nominating Schedule By Terry M. Neal Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 2, 1999; Page A01 The 2000 presidential primary calendar is taking final shape, with at least five big states setting their votes for the middle of March or earlier in what promises to be the most compressed presidential nominating contest ever. Midnight yesterday was the deadline for states to inform the Republican National Committee of their primary and caucus dates. Although the Democratic schedule won't be set in stone until the Democratic National Committee's meeting in September, most Democratic ...

Some Questions For Mrs. Clinton Mrs. Clinton is set to announce the creation of an exploratory committee to allow her to raise money and to determine whether she really wants to run for the New York Senate seat. Here are some questions we'd like her to answer: 1. Given the fact that you have never lived in New York, what is it about Illinois and Arkansas that prevents you from returning there? How about New Jersey? Your plane has landed at Newark Airport several times. 2. If bad publicity were not an issue, would you have any reservations about hiring ...

Paris, Friday, July 2, 1999A More Robust United Nations Is in America's InterestBy Flora Lewis SALZBURG - The war in Kosovo has provoked a tidal wave of concern about American intentions around the world far beyond what anyone in the United States seems to realize. It is not just the Russians and the Chinese who think that the United States has now decided to ride roughshod over everyone else. In Western Europe, Japan and Latin America, according to reports I hear, people are getting worried that there is nothing to restrain or balance U.S. power. This is a matter ...

If the political correctors had their way . . .‘Founding Fathers’ forbiddenEnd of an error: Hate propaganda finally banned from the classroomBY DAVID BERGSTEINTHE EMASCULATED PRESS WASHINGTON—In a stunning blow against the wicked vast right-wing conspiracy, the Supreme Court today banned from public schools all discussion of an obscure 18th-century militia hate group, the so-called Founding Fathers. Although the Founding Fathers have been all but forgotten--the most widely used textbooks barely mention them--experts nevertheless applauded the ban as the official close of an ugly chapter in American history. “It’s a symbolic victory more than anything else,” said Irv Weisenasser, who ...

Senate Continues Abortion Funds Ban By ALAN FRAM .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Thursday to continue barring federal workers' health-insurance plans from covering most abortions. By 51-47, senators approved language banning the benefit and included it in a $27.7 billion measure financing the Treasury Department and several smaller agencies in the coming fiscal year. The overall bill was approved by voice vote, and shortly afterward the Senate adjourned for a 10-day July 4 recess. The bill also leaves open the possibility that members of Congress will allow themselves a cost-of-living pay raise of about $4,600 ...

Paris, Friday, July 2, 1999Defanging North Korea Must Take Priority in Any Aid DealBy Michael O'Hanlon International Herald TribuneWASHINGTON - What is going on these days in North Korea? After welcoming former Defense Secretary William Perry to Pyongyang in May and agreeing to let the United States inspect a suspected nuclear site on its territory in exchange for more food aid, the world's last true Stalinist regime promptly provoked a naval clash with South Korea. Now come intelligence reports that it is preparing to test a multistage ballistic missile, the Taepo Dong-2, with the potential to hit targets in ...

DALE CITY, Va. (AP) — Two teen-age girls are accused of killing a 25-year-old mother by pounding her head on the pavement in front of her children because she complained that their car was blocking the road. Teresa Hattie Dixon, 18, was charged with aggravated malicious wounding in the attack on Natalie Davis. The charge was lodged prior to Ms. Davis' death. The identity of the other girl was withheld because she is 16. "It was a heinous and senseless crime,'' said prosecutor Paul Ebert, who said he intends to seek murder charges. The attack happened Tuesday night while Ms. ...

FOR DISCUSSION AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Albright Takes Unannounced Vacation WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is away on vacation, without announcement and with her interim spokesman saying he had no ``information on her whereabouts.'' James Foley, who is substituting for James P. Rubin, who also is on vacation, did tell reporters Thursday that Albright was expected to be back on the job in 10 days. The daily schedule issued by the State Department press office listed Albright as having ``no public appointments.'' Questioned by reporters, Foley said he was ``confirming to you now that she's on personal ...

Gore Adds Staff for Primaries By RON FOURNIER .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Al Gore, shuffling his campaign staff to brace for stiff competition in the Democratic presidential primaries, is adding several new faces to his inner circle, including respected consultant Carter Eskew and another pollster. Though not termed a shakeup, advisers said the changes are part of a major reorganization that will diminish the roles of some aides and create the potential for personality conflicts. ``We are defining roles and responsibilities and we're adding strong members to the team when appropriate,'' campaign chairman Tony Coelho said in ...

Hatch Files To Run for President .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, officially became the latest candidate to enter the Republican presidential race, filing a statement of candidacy Thursday with the Federal Election Commission. By registering with the FEC, Hatch will be required to regularly disclose contributions and expenditures. Like many of the other GOP presidential hopefuls, however, Hatch is calling his campaign committee an ``exploratory committee.'' The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman announced last month that he would enter the presidential race. While acknowledging the strength of front-runner George W. Bush, Hatch said he wanted ...

Fear Prevails On Both Sides Of Divided Mitrovica By Ron Synovitz Mitrovica in Kosovo is one of the tensest places in the province, with ethnic Serbs and Albanians divided by much more than just the Ibri River that cuts through the city. RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz visited both sides of the river to talk with residents. Mitrovica, Yugoslavia; 30 June 1999 (RFE/RL) -- Mitrovica in the north of Kosovo has become a divided city. Ethnic Serbs live to the north of the Ibri River, while ethnic Albanians live to the south. The two communities seem to have only one thing ...

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0135 GMT, 990702 Yugoslavia – A spokesman for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s Socialist Party, Ivica Dacic, said July 1 that the government should be reorganized to include all parties represented in parliament, with the exception of Alliance for Change. This announcement is the first indication by the Milosevic regime that it may be willing to cooperate with opposition parties on at least some level. Similarly, the leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj, stated a coalition government is "necessary in order to prevent U.S. intentions to further break up Yugoslavia." 1611 GMT, 990701 Yugoslavia/Russia – In an interview with ...