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...turned. Their prey had been the President, even though they spoke in statesmanlike tones at a press conference last week. "Come to the Capitol, sit down and visit with Republicans and see if we can't work this out," said Dole in an open invitation to Clinton. Such a summit would tackle the volatile subject of Medicare. Shouldn't the President start handling the crisis? Indeed, as Dole spoke, Gingrich pointed to a precipitous slope indicating Medicare insolvency by the year 2002. And then the questions began. Why, reporters asked, didn't Dole and Gingrich do anything about Medicare...
...both Russia's celebration of the 50th anniversary of V-E day and the latest superpower summit with Bill Clinton, Yeltsin came with a great deal to say, as well he might. He had just declared a holiday cease-fire-rejected by the rebels-in Russia's war with the breakaway region of Chechnya. At home his political popularity is at an all-time low-thanks to the continuing economic crisis and a growing crime rate-and powerful forces are mobilizing that could threaten Yeltsin's prospects for the presidential election next year. Beyond all that, there are the issues...
...Prager and Moscow bureau chief John Kohan, the Russian President ranged across all those issues and more. He and Clinton are getting "closer" to resolving their NATO differences, Yeltsin reported. His most apparent wish was to send a clear signal to Washington that he has high hopes for a summit meeting that many have already written off as nothing more than a polite exchange of views between leaders who are both under pressure from domestic political opponents...
Fighting intensified in Groznyas a leader of the Chechen military promised a big offensive during President Clinton's summit meeting withRussian President Boris Yeltsinin Moscow next week. Clinton will join inV-E day celebrationsthere on May 9. While the Chechen fighting continues to be a sore point in US-Russian relations,TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovichsays the reaction among Muscovites is decidedly low- key. "People have become indifferent here. Their lives are so difficult now as it is and they're mainly concerned with surviving. They don't have time to worry aboutwhat's going on in Chechnya...
...past decade Iran has tried to produce plutonium and highly enriched uranium.TIME White House correspondent James Carneysays Clinton is trying to use his tough example to persuade RussianPresident Boris Yeltsinto drop plans to sell Iran nuclear power plant technology when the two meet at next week's summit in Moscow. Administration officials are also pressing China, which has made Iran a similar nuclear offer...