Word: clintons
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Carville, a Democratic political strategist and a senior adviser to President Clinton, and IOP Fellow Lungren, a former Republican U.S. representative and California attorney general, discussed issues ranging from cynicism in politics to defense spending, based on their parties' stances...
Western political pressure is mounting on Moscow to reach a political settlement and avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Chechnya. The issue is set to dominate next week's summit of the 54-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which will be attended by President Clinton. "Western pressure may actually stiffen the resolve of the generals to fight on," says Meier. "The last thing they want is to be seen to be caving into the West." But some in the military hierarchy are also wary of being caught in the potential quagmire of a guerrilla war in a Chechen...
...compromise on a deal to pay $1 billion in back dues the U.S. owes the United Nations. Negotiations have been stalled for months: House Conservatives won't release the cash unless the White House agrees to a ban on U.S. funding of all programs that promote abortion rights. Clinton's acceptance of the conservatives' language - allowing himself the loophole of executive waivers for specific cases - would ensure that the U.S. keeps its vote in the General Assembly, and buttress the administration's global clout...
...actually orchestrating this? Is Albright is suffering from delusions of grandeur in suggesting that her accepting culpability for this decision would be enough to neutralize abortion-rights proponents? Or is she taking one for the team, sacrificing herself on the altar of the Clinton administration's foreign policy? At this point, it's hard to tell. "It certainly would be convenient for the nonpolitical side of the administration to take the heat for a decision like this," says TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller. "The fact that she's a woman doesn't hurt, either." A willingness by the White House...
...past, the difference between a $250 million deficit and a $273 million deficit didn't matter," says TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson. "The two sides would just raid Social Security. But the Republicans have drawn a line in the sand with spending caps, and Clinton has gone along with it." Hence the tortuous negotiations over relatively small amounts of money. Although Republicans appeared to be making concessions to the White House over funding additional police and paying U.N. dues, education is still shaping up as a fight. Although the two sides are only $200 million apart over how much...