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Though Dole is grumbling about some aspects of the latest version of the worldwide free-trade pact known as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, he is expected to find a way to support congressional approval in this month's special session. It's the first order of business in his meeting this week with Leon Panetta, the White House chief of staff...
Similarly, Kohl likes NATO so much he wants to see it grow bigger. He is uncomfortable with Germany's exposed position on the frontier between the solidity of NATO and the uncertainty of what used to be the Warsaw Pact. He would like to move NATO's border east, embracing Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, even in the face of vehement opposition from Russia. On that score he may face Washington's displeasure too, even if Bill Clinton did say when he visited Germany last July, "I always agree with Helmut...
...Blix, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, complained about a "long and complex, difficult road" to be traveled during the five years it will take before Pyongyang opens its suspect sites to inspection. Bringing the accord into full effect will take a decade. Some critics called the pact a bribe, but if it works, it will defuse one of the worst threats to world peace -- and without the bloody war that might have had to be fought to end North Korea's nuclear program immediately...
...pact with North Korea had hardly been signed before it began drawing angry attacks. Republican Senate leader Bob Dole asserted that it only proved the U.S. could always get an agreement if it gave away enough. Main points: rewarding North Korea for giving up its nuclear program sets a bad precedent if, say, Iran should some day announce it is building atom bombs. And at any time during the next 10 years or so, the Pyongyang regime could break the agreement and resume building a nuclear arsenal. Clinton noted that North Korea would then lose all future benefits...
Jordan and Israel announced formal agreement on a peace treaty, the first such pact between Israel and an Arab nation since the treaty with Egypt in 1979. After 46 years in an official state of war, the reconciliation will boost commerce and facilitate travel between the two countries. President Clinton will join Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein for the official signing ceremony on Wednesday on the border between the two countries...