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...Senate gives Clinton cover to lift the embargo...
...same day, 62 Senators on Capitol Hill voted to urge the President to tread into that territory and put an end to two decades of rancor with Vietnam. Although the Senate bill was nonbinding, its call to lift the 19- year-long embargo on trade with Vietnam offers Clinton license to take the politically sensitive step. The vote also provides the President with safe passage through a set of formidable obstacles strewn along the road to reconciliation; 2,238 of them to be exact -- the American soldiers whose fate in Indochina remains unsettled and whose families still demand that...
Although the Clinton Administration is deliberately vague on timing, a senior White House aide confirmed that the President last week received a recommendation from his top advisers to lift the embargo. Some sources say the President could act as early as this week. When he does move, it will be the biggest step yet in a carefully choreographed pas de deux that the U.S. and Vietnam have been cautiously enacting for the past seven months. Aside from the financial incentives, Hanoi has been keen to reestablish links with the U.S. as a counterweight to the looming influence of China...
...Senate took steps to encourage the end of the 19-year economic embargo against Vietnam, passing a resolution urging the President to lift the ban and allow U.S. businesses to take advantage of Vietnam's growing economy. The White House is expected to do so soon...
Sanders Theatre will also undergo renovations. The major focus of planners has been the theater's antiquated stage, which will be replaced by a larger version with rising rear sections for choral performances. A piano lift will also be installed...