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...Moscow, President Boris Yeltsin told visiting South Korean President Kim Young Sam he would consider approving an embargo if diplomatic efforts failed. But his first choice was a summit meeting in which the inspection issue would be negotiated -- and Russia could win some international prestige. The U.S. insists that the Security Council is the appropriate forum for such discussions...
...sure, the foreign policy significance of this trip is not large. Most of the stops are more ceremonial than substantive. The more important overseas trip comes next month, when Clinton attends the G-7 economic summit in Naples. But just preparing for the trip has been a tonic for Clinton. Aides admit that until recently he focused on overseas problems only as they arose; for the past month or so, he has had special foreign policy bull sessions on Thursday or Friday to anticipate problems before they crop up. And he has immersed himself with characteristic intensity in preparing...
Sidey covered the Kennedys' initial journey abroad after winning the White House. The trip was to a summit in Vienna. On a stopover in France, the press landed before the President so they could see the First Couple greeted by President Charles de Gaulle. The scene had all the pomp and glamour the media had been anticipating. There had been rain earlier, and the tarmac was glistening; sunlight was starting to cut through the clouds. As Air Force One touched down, the first thing Sidey noticed was that it had a new paint job -- Jackie's work. She had gone...
...Dole asked the Senate to approve lifting of the U.N. embargo on weapons shipments to the Bosnian government, an idea Clinton has frequently endorsed, the White House pressured Dole into backing off because most of the allies are opposed. The President expressed interest in a Russian proposal for a summit conference on Bosnia, which could prompt a settlement -- but that settlement could be a new Munich...
...predictably, the ultimatum is becoming less ultimate. Not that China has taken any steps to remedy its dismal record of engaging slave labor and persecuting dissidence; in fact, in the last few months, Jiang Zemin's regime has bullied prominent dissidents with a particularly gleeful abandon. At his Seattle summit with Secretary of State Warren "the Romulan" Christopher, Jiang struck a strident tone, warning the hapless Secretary to lay off China's internal affairs...