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Reports of ethical violations have also been clouding some of GE's traditional lines of business. In October the Connecticut-based company faces trial in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, on charges that it conspired with a unit of South Africa's De Beers mining company to fix the price of industrial diamonds. GE vigorously denies the Justice Department charges. Meanwhile, the FBI armed a GE whistle-blower with a hidden tape recorder last year to probe charges that the company had repeatedly ignored warnings about electrical problems that could compromise the safety of its aircraft engines. Not only...
Jonassaint went around the room consulting the Cabinet. The defense and information ministers objected to the deal. Nevertheless, Jonassaint said, "I will sign. I will not let my people experience this tragedy. Our back is against the wall." Said Nunn: "We were in one heck of a fix because President Clinton had told us that we could not get the signature of president Jonassaint, whom we didn't recognize. Cedras said it was a court-martial offense for him to sign for the government because he wasn't the government." Nunn turned to Carter. "We can't do this unless...
...were allowed to film in federal courts in some cities gets the death penalty this December. The reason? Judges are afraid that witnesses and jurors will get the jitters from all that exposure, according to a spokesman for the federal court system. But you will still get your O.J. fix. That trial is being conducted in state court, where cameras have become a veritable fixture because of the popularity of televised legal drama...
...policy may provides a temporary fix for the Cuban problem, but a comprehensive, permanent solution is only possible if President Clinton sits down at the bargaining table with his bearded rival...
...Leaders did not build public support first. From the day U.S. troops swarmed ashore, neither the American people nor Congress really had a firm fix, Flournoy says, on "the U.S. interests at stake, the objectives sought, our strategy for achieving them and the risks associated with intervention." Many Congressmen and voters are not persuaded an invasion of Haiti serves U.S. interests, and Clinton may be starting to make the case too late...