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...latest controversy arose after the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19. Rather was on vacation at the time, at a resort in Midland, Texas, but when he called CBS News executives shortly after the bombing to offer his services, he was told thanks, but no thanks. Chung, it seems, was already on her way from Sacramento, California, where she had been anchoring the Evening News. Never mind that field reporting is Rather's forte, that Oklahoma City was in his neck of the woods, or that the story was big enough for two anchors. There are egos to deal with...
...Oklahoma City tragedy to still what he has called voices of hatred and paranoia, President Clinton used a commencement speech at Michigan State University to address militia groups nationwide that advocate violence. "How dare you call yourselves patriots and heroes?" demanded the President. "There is no right to resort to violence when you don't get your way. There is no right to kill people . Those who claim such rights are wrong and un-American...
...crime and so on. I wasn't elected President to ensure myself a high rating. Everyone will like you if you do nothing or take wait-and-see positions, transferring the responsibility to others. I'm not like this. In carrying out these kinds of reforms, you have to resort to unpopular measures. So the choice is either to boost your popularity rating or get things done...
...even the experts can explain why a few individuals or breakaway groups resort to violence against innocent people. "Most people have a lot of restraints-family or close friends. And they don't have the means to be violent," says Dr. Richard Wyatt, chief of neuropsychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health. Militia officers themselves may stop some hotheaded individuals from taking up terrorist tactics. Sometimes, it is only after people have been kicked out of a group that they feel free to commit murder...
...investigators examined several strong new leads inthe Oklahoma City bombing, emergency workers at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building were forced to resort to using heavy equipment to dismantle sections of the dangerously unstable structure, as a safety measure. Law enforcement officials have found a receipt for a ton ofammonium nitratewith bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh's fingerprints on it in the Herington, Kan. home of Terry Nichols, the DallasMorning Newsreported today. FBI agents are also searching a lake near Herington where a witness saw a Ryder truck days before the bombing. Authorities believe the ingredients needed to make the bomb...