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...system he leaves behind will be much more tenacious. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy will leave office at the end of the year because he accepted too many goodies from the industry that he was supposed to be regulating. Among the items were $1,300 worth of pro-football tickets, plane rides and lodging. Espy had reimbursed his benefactors, but recently another gift surfaced -- a $1,200 scholarship Espy's girlfriend had accepted from a foundation controlled by Tyson Foods, the world's largest chicken processor. The White House had defended the former Mississippi Congressman for months, but the steady dribble...
Rwanda is the kind of place that takes away all faith in humanity, all hope that the world is making progress toward some higher plane. This year, the world gasped as genocide in its purest form raged through the country. First, the Hutu-dominated government unleashed a frenzy of killing against the minority Tutsis. Then, when the Tutsis launched a rebellion and seized the country, thousands of Hutus fled in fear to border camps. There, thousands more died from cholera and dysentery. By the time the worst had ended, as many as half a million people had died...
...them is probably a worthwhile endeavour, but the ultimate solution is what it has always been: throw the government out. The U.S. should tighten the noose that has been put so gently around Cedras' neck. On October 15, Cedras and his cronies should be placed on the first plane out. Their continued presence in the country will ensure that the sporadic violence and instability evident in the past weeks will continue...
...concealed his low opinion of the State Department, and he was even quoted as saying he was "ashamed" of U.S. policy toward Haiti. But Clinton was grateful for Carter's help in ! wiggling out of a tight spot. So dutiful Secretary of State Warren Christopher hopped a plane to the former President's home in Georgia to smooth things over...
...course, Colin Powell, whom most of Washington is hailing as a prime mover in the Haitian deal. "Jimmy Carter headed the delegation, but everyone knew Colin Powell was the most important person on that plane," says one Administration official. It was Powell who described to Haitian military chief Raoul Cedras in terrifying detail the firepower the U.S. was prepared to use. It was Powell who convinced Cedras that it was more in keeping with military honor to yield than to fight. It was Powell who ultimately persuaded President Clinton to take the deal with all its flaws. If the Haitian...