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...deeply disappointed with the political leadership of America. The Iran-contra affair and the Savings and Loan scandal have shaken my confidence in the ability of the Washington establishment, as currently constituted, to give America the leadership it deserves in the 1990s...
Brown, in a Rhode Island appearance, attackedClinton, calling him "not electable." He wasapparently referring to a Sunday New York Timesarticle that linked Clinton with the owner of afailed savings and loan. Earlier in the campaign,questions were raised about Clinton's maritalfidelity and draft record...
...atmosphere in a congressional hearing room doesn't get much testier than this. Secretary of State James Baker III appeared on Capitol Hill last week to announce the Administration's terms for the $10 billion in loan guarantees that Israel is seeking to help resettle Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Taking a gamble no previous Administration has been willing to contemplate seriously, Baker laid out a blunt policy line to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Israel has two choices, he said. The U.S. would back the loans for five years with no strings attached -- but only...
...flash of something like fear crosses Kreimer's face when he is asked about living on his own again. He will donate some of the settlement money, but certainly not all of it, to the homeless cause. "I've been inundated by requests from people who want a loan," he says. "But hey -- I can't be a banker to every person on the street with a problem." He will, however, continue to be a self-appointed homeless advocate. "This is not over yet," he says. "No way is it over...
...Israel halts settlements due to U.S. pressure, its government will lose face for having bowed to coercion. Yet if Bush decides to loan Israel money with no strings attached, he will do it in a way that makes him look like a martyr to Jewish lobbyists. We can hardly expect the Arab nations to respect Israel's right to exist when we implicitly refuse to recognize it ourselves...