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Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State for both Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and so often a player in the Middle East game, seemed subdued, even misty- eyed. He walked slowly, graying head bent. "A stunning moment," he murmured. James Baker, Secretary of State for George Bush, thought time had done its work as he watched the tableau of peace. He had convened meetings, pushing the old adversaries together at Madrid 23 months ago. Clinton knew how much that legwork had counted. He reached through three rows of people to make sure Arafat and Rabin shook hands with Baker...
House majority leader DICK GEPHARDT has the White House guessing how actively he'll oppose the North American Free Trade Agreement. On the same day last week that Clinton mustered former Presidents Ford, Carter and Bush to support the pact, Gephardt had planned to give a speech in Congress opposing it. A Democratic Party source says Clinton called Gephardt to quiet him: "Having Gephardt come out against us on the same day would have just been devastating." Still, Gephardt is expected to issue a statement opposing NAFTA this week...
Twenty-four hours after their old contract expired, the United Automobile Workers and Ford agreed on a new three-year pact under which Ford's 96,000 U.A.W. workers will still enjoy health care fully paid by the company, a major sticking point. The pact will provide a model for negotiations at General Motors and Chrysler...
BUSINESS. Big companies favor Clinton's plan because it would save them money. It would cap employers' contributions to workers' health insurance at a level below what many corporate giants now pay. Further, the plan would enable such companies as Ford, Chrysler and U S West to shed much of the cost of insuring their armies of retired workers. Clinton would entice many of these oldsters to switch from company plans into health-care alliances, and would cap at only 20% the share of premiums that companies would continue to pay for retirees; the government would pay the rest...
...week of big pitches from the White House. Basking in the afterglow of the South Lawn signing of the Middle East peace agreement, the Clinton Administration launched the sales job on its health-care plan and rolled out three former Presidents -- Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George Bush -- to endorse the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a meeting with small- business owners, Clinton promised flexibility on some important elements of his health plan, especially on proposals that might harm small businesses. Earlier, House and Senate Republicans unveiled their own plan, which would not compel employers to cover workers...