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The Clinton Administration's point man on the homeless issue is Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, who talked recently with correspondent Ann Blackman. Some excerpts:
A. Cisneros: The second week I was in Washington -- it was last January -- I went out on a cold, cold night with volunteers who take sandwiches and hot tea to the homeless. We found a lady who was eight months pregnant sleeping on the lawn of the Justice Department. And...
"We must demolish the barriers ofdiscrimination that have trapped people in pocketsof poverty," said Cisneros. "People who are lockedinto difficult situations by forces they cannotcontrol cannot empower themselves."
Cisneros criticized past political leadershipwhich "saw fit to exploit the disappointment[following Kennedy's assassination] as a pathwayto our nation's highest public offices."
This alienation, said Cisneros has "left usnearly bereft of the ability and will to cometogether to use the great lever that can begovernment--which belongs to all of us--to effectchange.