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From 110, disc, 126 or 35mm color print film C-41 process only. 12 exp. $2.69 15 disc $3.39 24 exp. $3.99 36 exp. $5.99 Limited offer from Jan. 20-26, 1993 PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES located in REED MCDONALD with drop boxes In the Common Market and Sbisa Underground Market Nation Page 8 The Battalion Friday, January 22, 1993 1,92 No. Clinton pulls Baird nomination n O THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Zoe Baird, under fire for hiring illegal aliens to work in her home, has with drawn her name as President Clinton's nominee for U.S. Attor ney General, the White House said early Friday. "With sadness, I have accepted her request that the nomination be withdrawn," Clinton said in a statement released by White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers. Baird, in a letter to Clinton, said "the continuing controversy" surrounding her nomination would impede her ability to rein vigorate the Department of Jus tice. Baird said she was "surprised at the extent of the public reac tion" to the controversy sur rounding the hiring of tw T o illegal aliens to help care for her child. Clinton's statement said he re ceived Baird's letter Thursday night, "asking that I withdraw her nomination." "Ms. Baird is a gifted attorney, and a woman of decency and in tegrity," the president said. Attorney cites continual controversy as reason for last-minute withdraw! Earlier, a combative Baird had rejected calls to withdraw as attor ney general-designate despite ris ing public and congressional op position. The Clinton administra tion had offered her muted sup port. "Right now, Zoe Baird is his alty Co., has since her nomination paid $2,900 in fines and roughly $12,000 in back taxes for employ ing a Peruvian couple. The wife cared for her son while the hus band served as her driver and performed household chores, she said. "With sadness, I have accepted her request that the nomination be withdrawn." -President Clinton nominee," White House spokesman George Stephanopou- los told reporters Thursday after noon as Baird underwent a sec ond day of grilling by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Baird, 40, a $500,000-a-year lawyer for the Aetna Life & Casu- Questions about the Baird nomi nation domi nated the first White House news briefing Thursday by White House communica tions chief George Stephanopoulos. Quizzed about Clinton's knowledge of her lawbreaking be fore he nominated her, Stephanopoulos said the details and timing were "rather murky." "I don't know the nature of his exact discussions on this. Zoe Baird . . . did disclose this to the transition team," he said. But when she met with Clinton, "I do not believe they had a discussion about it, no," he said. "I do not know what level of detail he knew about the situa tion. . . . We can find out absolute- 1 y” On Jan. 14, Myers said: "It was fully disclosed. He (Clinton) con sidered it and did not think it was a problem." "I've said that I believe that what I did was wrong, and I apol ogized for it," Baird said. Sen. Larry Pressler, R-S.D., a member of the committee, said he believed her behavior would di minish her effectiveness as the na tion's top legal officer, especially when it came to enforcing immi gration laws. "I'm talking about your credi bility," he said, adding that his opposition was reluctant "You're my kind of person. I feel very badly about this." Sens. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, had also announced he would vote against Baird do to his constituent input. WASHIN ipreme Coi arshall di< ilure. He w; THE ASS< ...arsha ed at 2 p.r Bethesc ival Hosp in tl ashingtc iburbs, a ding mi Hous u p r e m wrt spoke oman. "He had 1 the past : Senate confirms 15 more appointments THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed 15 more top officers in President Clinton's ad ministration with scant resistance Thursday, hurrying action to give the new president a fast start. Ten Cabinet officers — includihg Ron Brown as commerce secretary, Bruce Babbitt at Interior, Donna Shalala as health secretary and Robert Reich at Labor — were authorized by voice vote. Brown's vote came after a brief afternoon debate in which Republicans said they had resolved concerns Brown over his lawyer-lobbyist relationships. Babbitt's came just hours after a Senate panel had pressed him on his environmental ties, then approved him 20-0. Earlier, the Sen ate approved eight Cabinet secretaries in a sin gle voice vote. Five more top officials — including Rep. Leon Panetta of California to head the Office of Management and Budget — were ap proved, too. The swift action left only two Clinton ap pointments hanging. Zoe Baird, the nominee for attorney general was the only one who faced serious controver sy. Despite growing public and congressional opposition, she had won a renewed commit ment from Clinton's spokesman and had re mained favored to be ap proved eventually. Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Clinton's choice to head the Council of Economic Ad visers, was being readied for confirmation by the Sen ate Banking Committee. "The president and the members of his administra tion will be pleased by the prompt action taken by the Senate," said Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine. Babbitt Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., said of the nominees, "They've met the test. "I'm pleased to cooperate with . . . the in coming administration," Dole added. During the Brown debate, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said the former chairman of the De mocratic Party had sold his stock and ended his association with several companies. Those steps "helped remove a cloud that might have been hovering over his steward ship" at the Commerce Department, Lott said. "He has taken the proper steps," Lott said. "I have withdrawn my reservations . . . and any effort to hold up confirmation." Other Cabinet secretaries approved Thurs day were: Rep. Mike Espy, D-Miss., as agricul ture secretary; former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros as secretary of housing and urban development; Minnesota utility execu tive Hazel O'Leary as energy secretary; former South Carolina Gov. Richard Riley as educa tion secretary; Disabled American Veterans executive Jesse Brown as veterans affairs sec retary; and former Denver Mayor Federico Pena as transportation secretary. Also confirmed were Florida environmen tal official Carol Browner to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in vestment banker Roger Altman to be deputy treasury secretary, budget scholar Alice Rivlin to be deputy director of the Office of Manage ment and Budget and lawyer and former Clin ton campaign chairman Mickey Kantor to be U.S. trade representative. Dole said Sens. Jesse Helms, R-N.C, and Robert Smith, R-N.H., wished to be recorded as voting against Shalala's nomination. Sen. Lauch Faircloth, R-N.C., wanted to vote no against Ron Brown, Dole said. New White House focuses on Iraq I Chinese Fang Wi Yuan L participc Fa< Form By C THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - On his first day in the Oval Office, President Clinton said Thursday his admin istration would not flinch from military showdowns with Iraq fol lowing a fresh challenge. The Sen ate rushed approval of more of his Cabinet but hundreds of senior positions remained vacant. After partying into the early hours after his inauguration, Clin ton spent all morning greeting thousands of visitors to a White House open house. Well-wishers waited outdoors for hours for a quick handshake and greeting from Clinton. It was almost 1 p.m. before he paid his first visit to the Oval Of fice before moving on to the Roo sevelt Room for a meeting with senior aides. Clinton told them, "We just have to be dominated by high standards and clear vision and we ought to have a good time doing it." His wife, Hillary, was checking out the Oval Office. She will have an office in the West Wing, the first time a first lady has had space there. A spokesman said she would be closely involved in Howdy Ags! The Department of Parking, Transit and Traffic Services heard your cry for better service! Please take advantage of our expanded operation at Rudder Tower featuring more cashier stations and extended hours. 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PTTS Main Office Hours of Operation January 14 - 26, 1993 Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday Closed Rudder Tower Hours of Operation January 14 - 26, 1993 Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. developing Clinton's health-care program. Day One brought the first break in the military cease-fire ex tended by Saddam Hussein as a goodwill gesture to the new presi dent. Pentagon officials said two U.S. warplanes fired on an Iraqi air de fense site after it turned its radar on them. It was not clear whether it was an isolated incident or a calculat ed test of Clinton. The new president said he was sticking with the Bush administra tion's policy, which called for in stant strikes against belligerent forces and measured responses to violations of "no-fly" zones im posed in Iraq by Gulf Wax allies. "We're going to adhere to our policy," Clinton told reporters. "We're going to stay with our pol icy. It is the American policy and that's what we're going to stay with." Later, White House communi cations chief George Stephanopoulos said, "Everything right now is consistent with the previous practice, and President Clinton supports it." On Capitol Hill, the Senate confirmed nine of Clinton's Cabi net members and five other top officers. Hundreds of senior positions remained open. There was an air of confusion as Clinton's new team searched for telephone numbers, directions and a general plan of operation. Reporters were angry about re strictions on access to press offices that were always open in previ ous administrations. Clinton will move quickly to revoke the ban on homosexuals in the military, officials said. An ex ecutive order is expected within a week. Clinton also plans to act Friday on executive orders expanding abortion rights. One order ready for his signa ture would lift restrictions on abortion counseling at federally fi nanced clinics. 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