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...That, in essence, is the concept behind the Medicare plan Texas Governor George W. Bush unveiled last week. But it is also the basic approach behind a bipartisan plan that has been languishing on Capitol Hill for more than a year. And it was the notion Newt Gingrich put forward in 1995 when he was House Speaker, setting up the political standoff that produced that year's infamous government shutdowns...
...White House and the majority on Capitol Hill believe that without the aid, the Colombian state is in danger of collapse, which in the end would be good news only for the narco-traffickers and the Marxist tycoons who protect them. On the other hand, regional leaders have pointed out that even if "Plan Colombia" succeeds in lowering production of narcotics in that country, that would simply displace the problem across the border into Brazil, Venezuela or Peru. As long as there's a bullish market for drugs in the U.S. and grinding poverty in Latin America, there's little...
...clear goal. That notion eroded under his successor, John Shalikashvili, who told Congress in 1995 that U.S. troops sent to Bosnia as peacekeepers would be home within a year. Five years later, 5,000 U.S. troops are still there. An additional 6,000 are patrolling nearby Kosovo. Republicans on Capitol Hill have criticized such costly deployments as dulling the U.S. military's fighting edge...
Besides Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Attorney General Janet Reno, and anti-drug czar Barry McCaffrey, Clinton brought along a gaggle of Congressmen, both Republicans and Democrats, to help bolster support for the program. The most notable is one of the president's chief antagonists on Capitol Hill - Dennis Hastert, the Republican House Speaker. Head of a drug sub-committee, Hastert has been to Colombia half a dozen times and was instrumental in passing the aid package. Clinton probably used the time to do some bonding in advance of doing his bit for Al Gore's campaign by vetoing Republican...
When TAMALA M. EDWARDS first met 27-year-old Karenna Gore Schiff for lunch, she expected the Child of a Very Important Father. After all, this was a woman whose Senator father taught her to ride a bike on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. But to her surprise, Edwards says, Karenna has mastered the role of the girl next door. "She's very good at not seeming pompous while talking about her very abnormal upbringing," Edwards says. During the hours they spent together, Karenna was relaxed, personable--and remarkably tuned in to the day-to-day details...