Word: spokesman
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...plight of the refugees has raised disturbing questions about Kabila's intentions. Is he in control of his forces and therefore ordering revenge attacks on the Hutu, or is he a weak leader unable to prevent them? Says State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns: "We will hold Kabila responsible for the conduct of his own soldiers." Uganda's Museveni has been telling Kabila he was "spoiling" his reputation by treating the refugees so cruelly...
...either party won't hang on to every last donated dollar they can justify. Of the $122,000 targeted in the TIME reports, $20,000 still resides in the coffers of the National Republican Congressional Committee. "We'll take a look at (that) in due course," said Rich Galen, spokesman for the committee. "There's no emergency." Democrats, with their party already $14.4 million in debt and facing repayment of $1.5 million more in contributions now judged improper, will try to increase the GOP's sense of urgency...
...from French officials that should Mobutu come to France, as one of his aides has already suggested, he can retire there unmolested. Although Kabila has indicated he would give Mobutu time to leave the capital, continued sporadic fighting continues to worry U.S. officials. Although Kinshasa remains calm, State Department spokesman John Dinger urged Americans in the city to leave immediately...
...Kimberly-Clark Ltd. for copyright infringement. "When it comes to the population of Great Britain being invited ...to wipe their bottoms on what appears to be the work of a Knight of the Realm without his permission," a Pentaplex representative stated, "then a last stand must be taken." A spokesman at the company's U.S. headquarters noted that after its 1995 merger with Scott Paper, the license for Kleenex bathroom tissue was sold to another manufacturer. The case isn't going down the toilet; it's expected to go to court...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Clinton Administration is denying a New York Times report that the Clintons knew Webster Hubbell was facing possible criminal charges when friends started lining up business contacts for him in early 1994. White House spokesman Mike McCurry said the President and Mrs. Clinton were aware of some allegations against Hubbell, but did not know "the full nature and seriousness" of the charges. According to the report, Clinton friend James Blair went to the President in March 1994 to tell him that Hubbell was in trouble and "needed to resign as quickly as possible." Hubbell resigned...