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...Clinton Administration got what it needed least: the beginnings of another probe by a special prosecutor. Attorney General Janet Reno asked a Washington federal appeals court to appoint an independent counsel to investigate allegations that Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy improperly accepted travel and entertainment gifts from Tyson Foods, Inc., the Arkansas poultry firm with ties to the Clintons. Espy denied any wrongdoing...
Even so, both the White House and Congress may soon appoint panels to look deep into the workings of the intelligence community. "This could lead to dramatic changes," says a member of the President's foreign intelligence advisory board, a group of White House appointees chaired by former Defense Secretary Les Aspin. President Clinton is expected to assign the 12-member panel in early August to evaluate the spy process from top to bottom. Yet that plan doesn't please John Warner of Virginia, the senior G.O.P. member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who wants an outside group...
There is considerable doubt about how swiftly Arafat will delegate real responsibility to the Authority and when elections for a Palestinian legislative council will be held. One of his lieutenants has proposed that he appoint a vice-chairman of the Authority to be responsible for running the territorial governments day-to-day, pending elections that would possibly take place next year. But Arafat has shown no inclination to accept that plan or any other that would require him to share his power. "The Palestinian Authority," complains a senior P.L.O. official, "consists entirely of yes- men." Says a Western diplomat: "Arafat...
...committee has no power to appoint newfaculty members, even in fields where they areneeded...
...year-old crony as the military's handpicked President, in direct challenge to the U.S. A minority of right-wing legislators, including eight elevated after irregular elections organized by the military last year, declared that under the constitution, Aristide's long absence left them no choice but to appoint a successor. As a 21-gun salute boomed over the capital, Supreme Court Justice Emile Jonassaint was sworn in, in a technical coup intended to prevent Aristide from ever coming back. Standing right by Jonassaint's shoulder was Cedras...