Word: summited
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President Clinton, who revived his plans for welfare reform with a weekend summit of federal and state leaders, today told the National Governors' Association that he wants to gives states more flexibility in fashioning plans to get welfare recipients off the dole. But Clinton, whose Administration has already granted several states carte blanche to do just that, cautioned that he would fight GOP-led attempts to gut welfare if they endanger benefits to children. "We must pass welfare reform this year, but it ought to be the right kind with the right results," Clinton said. In a vote later...
President Clinton, who hopes to jump-start hiswelfare reformeffort with a 5 1/2-hour bipartisan summit Saturday, today cautioned the GOP against trying to cut off benefits to people "without regard to what will happen to their children." But eager Republicans, especially House freshmen, warned in return that Clinton would have to jump to their tune. "I think the train is way down the track on welfare and that the president is jumping on the caboose. But I'm happy to have him on board," said Rep. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.), who will attend the high-level meeting of Congress members...
...killed Malcolm, while the FBI declined to interfere. Asked on a WNBC television program whether Farrakhan was involved, she answered, "Yes. Nobody kept it a secret. It was a badge of honor. Everybody talked about it." In June, Farrakhan and Shabazz appeared on the same stage at a leadership summit in Baltimore; but they did not exchange words, and Shabazz's remarks were noticeably cold. Asked recently whether she stood by her WNBC statement, she replied that she had not changed her position ((on it)) in 30 years...
President Clinton met with Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in Washington to discuss trade. On the eve of the summit, Tokyo agreed to open parts of Japan's financial-services sector to American firms, giving them the chance to help manage some of the nearly $1 trillion in Japanese pension funds. American apples, meanwhile, made their debut on Japanese grocery shelves, where they sold briskly at prices of 78 cents to 98 cents apiece -- a bargain compared with the $1.28 to $1.58 levied for the homegrown variety...