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...lawmakers alleged thatVietnamese officials are holding the remains of up to 400 U.S. servicemen. Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord testified that there was no evidence to back up such a claim, and that Vietnam lacked an incentive to do so in any case. Even so, Committee Chairman Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.) threatened to withhold funds needed to open a U.S. embassy in Hanoi -- an option that Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is also weighing. Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.), a Republican presidential candidate, delivered a characteristically vituperative half-hour speech. "Clinton does not have the moral standing...
Assistant Editors: Tam Martinides Gray (Research Chief), Ariadna Victoria Rainert (Administration), Oscar Chiang, Mary McC. Fernandez, Lois Gilman, Valerie Johanna Marchant, Adrianne Jucius Navon...
Assistant Editors: Tam Martinides Gray (Research Chief), Ariadna Victoria Rainert (Administration), Oscar Chiang, Mary McC. Fernandez, Lois Gilman, Valerie Johanna Marchant, Adrianne Jucius Navon...
...Benjamin Gilman...
...sort not seen since the turn of the century -- ignored seniority, grudges and ideology in recommending choices to head key committees. Among them: Louisiana's Bob Livingston for Appropriations, New York's Gerald Solomon for Rules, Illinois's Henry Hyde for Judiciary and New York's Benjamin Gilman for Foreign Affairs. Gingrich also said a balanced-budget constitutional amendment would be the first order of business come January...