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Feeling their oats, members of the Republican leadership have aggressively and dramatically thrust themselves into world affairs. Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has been to Europe, pushing for a stronger policy on Bosnia. Anointed Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has likewise lashed out at the conduct of Bosnian policy. And Jesse Helms, well, he has been Jesse Helms--mouthing off at any and every available moment...
...Gingrich is right when he says the U.N. has been tainted by Bosnia. But the U.N. is really a symptorn of the problem rather than its source. The real problem is in Washington, Paris, London and Moscow...
...veto, deep budget cuts and big changes in welfare. White House officials tell TIME's Carney that Clinton will lay out his own initiatives in a major speech later this month -- rather than early next year, a more traditional time for such presidential pronouncements. Why? New GOP House Speaker Gingrich "will be active in early January, and they're worried that by the time Clinton speaks, it'll be an afterthought," Carney says...
...leaders. Without seeming immodest, we may observe that we accurately predicted great futures for many of the individuals on our lists. We made some missteps, of course -- Marion Barry comes to mind -- and we did fail to notice some of those who were in their pupal leadership stage -- Newt Gingrich, say -- but the fact remains that we did pretty well. Nevertheless, we do find one question just slightly troubling: If the future leaders we chose were so great, how come we're still searching for leaders? William J. Clinton, as he was formally identified by TIME, made our leadership list...
...family tax relief, and highway and other infrastructure improvements. Al From, president of the DLC, released the plan today at the 10th anniversary of the group, which Clinton once led. It's a wise political and practical move by the Democrats to define themselves as clearly different from the Gingrich crowd, according to TIME political writer Michael Kramer. "Newt's free ride in the world of big think ends this week, " Kramer writes in this week's issue of TIME. But will the Dem's embattled big chief sign on? Writes Kramer: "Few expect him to summon the courage...