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...Waco compound. A neighbor had complained of hearing machine-gun fire. A United Parcel Service deliveryman spoke of dropping off two cases of "pineapple-type" hand grenades and black gunpowder to Ranch Apocalypse. Another source talked about Branch Davidians manufacturing live grenades and trying to develop a radio-controlled aircraft to carry explosives. All told, according to documents released last week by the ATF, David Koresh spent $199,715 on weapons and ammunition in the 17 months before the Feb. 28 raid. The arsenal included 123 M-16 rifles and parts necessary for turning semiautomatic rifles into machine guns...
...drops were a super-expensive public relations effort. Clinton intended to seem active without truly getting involved. While the optimum altitude for the aircraft would have been 400 feet, Clinton ordered the planes to fly at 10,000 feet...
...NAVY HAS RECOMMENDED TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Les Aspin that women be allowed to serve in all combat positions -- except in submarines, where quarters are close. But because the Air Force still adamantly opposes using women in fighter and bomber combat aircraft, Aspin doesn't want to take on the Air Force now over this issue. He has asked the Navy to hold off on putting women into combat aircraft. Personally, the Secretary believes that prohibition should be lifted...
...with $5 million in capital in 1987, the company has parlayed that stake into control of 10 companies in 35 countries with about $5 billion in revenues a year. The firm's holdings range from Caterair, America's biggest airline catering concern, to a book distributor and the former aircraft division of military contractor LTV. According to Rubenstein, the firm's well-heeled investors have raked in returns of up to 46% a year...
...image problems that threaten to snarl deals. For example, Carlyle became the adviser to Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal in his $590 million investment in Citicorp in 1991. The firm subsequently teamed with France's state-owned Thomson-CSF to outbid U.S. defense giants for the missile and aircraft divisions of LTV last year. Such global connections can be controversial. "The one significant problem for Carlyle is that they've been on the foreign side of controversial transactions," says a Washington lobbyist and rival dealmaker. But Carlyle has the political savvy to play different sides. When the Bush Administration...