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...been receiving conflicting advice from within the department. The political implications for the already besieged White House in the Ickes case were immense because a green light for an investigation could have impacted not only the President's tenuous control over the political agenda in Washington but also Al Gore's own ambitions to run for the Oval Office. Placing the Ickes case into the hands of an independent counsel could have opened up a broader inquiry into 1996 Democratic campaign finances. Reno's refusal gives her critics one more reason to accuse her of being a political attorney general...
...Gore weighed in on the world financial crisis today with a plea to Japan to restructure its financial system and open up to free trade. "America cannot be the importer of only resort," the vice president said. "Please, we need your help to deal with this global economic crisis...
...with the Small Business Administration to assist those who want to start their own businesses, a plea for passage of a Patients' Bill of Rights to assist in health care and a call to make the Federal Government a model employer of the disabled. In December, Vice President Al Gore announced an Executive Order approving two of the recommendations, those concerning the SBA and the Federal Government, says Becky Ogle, executive director of the task force. Putting these plans into action, says Ogle, will have a minimal cost, but no specific number can yet be attached...
Aside from the Gore-Hastert competition, the most interesting moments came during the periodic close-ups on faces in the crowd. It seemed that no one's anonymity was safe from Clinton's all-encompassing agenda. Most people thrust into the spotlight didn't know how to handle their fifteen seconds, with the exception of Sosa, who blew kisses to the crowd and nearly broke into a home run trot around the House Chamber. All other honorees took Madonna's advice and struck a pose, or at least stuck to one. The Desert Fox serviceperson looked like he had recently...
When we add up all the subplots--Gore's 98 ovations, close-ups on everyone, the bland GOP response and Clinton's contradictions--a disturbing theme seeps through the evening's grandiose rhetoric. It seems that the avoidance of our problems has become the problem itself, and we can look forward to nothing better than more of the political pandering, simple mantras and stop-gap solutions that we have come to despise. Alex M. Carter '00 is a history and literature concentrator in Dunster House. His column will resume next semester...