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President Clinton formally nominated Michael Carns as Director of the CIA at a White House ceremony this afternoon. TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller says Senate confirmation prospects are bright for the retired Air Force general. Senate intelligence committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), whose panel decides whether to forward the nomination to the full Senate, today said he foresaw no roadblocks. Carns listed his own concerns as follows: "The Cold War may have passed into history, but regional instability, terrorism, drug trafficking, crime and the proliferation of nuclear weapons all loom large...
...Waller notes that the Senate has never rejected a nominee who cleared the intelligence committee...
...take over the CIA, according to Administration sources. An official announcement is expected later this week. If confirmed by the Senate, Carns would be the first military officer to run the agency since Navy Adm. Stansfield Turner held the post during the Carter Administration. TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller says the choice of Carns--a Harvard MBA, veteran of 200 combat missions in Vietnam and the Air Force's vice chief of staff until last year--took most Beltway insiders by surprise. But, Waller adds, Carns's reputation as "a low-key, effective manager, a very quick study...
...take over the CIA, according to Administration sources. An official announcement is expected later this week. If confirmed by the Senate, Carns would be the first military officer to run the agency since Navy Adm. Stansfield Turner held the post during the Carter Administration. TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller says the choice of Carns--a Harvard MBA, veteran of 200 combat missions in Vietnam and the Air Force's vice chief of staff until last year--took most Beltway insiders by surprise. But, Waller adds, Carns's reputation as "a low-key, effective manager, a very quick study...
Judging from the crowds that flocked to Washington's Sidney Kramer book shop, one might have imagined that Robert James Waller was holding court behind its doors. But the writer whom 1,300 had come to greet was JIMMY CARTER, author of Always a Reckoning, his first collection of poetry. Seeking the creative fulfillment that military service could not provide, Carter turned to verse in the Navy. The poems span the full range from folksy to sentimental; one reads, "It's hard to know what I can say ... to have the coolness melt/ To share once more/ The warmth...