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Wednesday, March 10,1993 The Battalion Page 9
Reno hearing
Confirmation process going smoothly
for female AG nominee on Capitol Hill
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Janet Reno
promised on Tuesday to blend
tough law enforcement with re
spect for people's rights at a
smooth confirmation hearing that
both Democrats and Republicans
predicted would lead to her ap
proval as America's first female
attorney general.
Miami's chief local prosecutor
for 15 years, Reno described her
self as a no-nonsense person who
lived by the credo: “Don't pussy
foot, don't equivocate, don't talk
out of both sides of your mouth."
For members of the Senate Ju
diciary Committee, an especially
welcome quality seemed to be
that she was non-controversial.
"You have no idea how happy we
are to see you here today," said
chairman Joseph Biden, D-Del.
President Clinton's first nomi
nation for the top Justice Depart
ment job, Zoe Baird, was with
drawn after criticism of her hav
ing illegally hired aliens as house
hold help. The president then
dropped federal Judge Kimba
Wood from consideration because
she also had hired an illegal alien
to be her child's nanny — though
she had broken no laws in doing
so.
Reno, 54, seemed nearly free of
personal controversy and Biden
scheduled no other witnesses for
the confirmation hearing. Sen. Or-
rin Hatch of Utah, the ranking Re
publican on the committee, said
the panel might vote on her nomi
nation this week.
“Having read every page of
your FBI report, I am impressed
with your credentials and what
you've done with your life,"
Hatch said.
He and Biden both said rumors
that she had been pulled over but
never charged with drunken dri
ving were checked by the FBI and
committee investigators and
proven unfounded. Hatch called
them a "hate-mongering cam
paign."
When asked about accusations
that she was loathe to prosecute
public corruption cases in Florida,
she said she had passed some on
to federal prosecutors because the
court rules were more favorable
in that system. She said she did
this despite advice that it would
be “political suicide."
“When I took office I saw that
there was enough to do and you
didn't have to claim credit for
everything. And you should do it
the best way possible and stop
worrying about the credit," she
said.
Her answers seemed to please
both liberals and conservatives.
“I wish you well on the bench.
I predict you'll be confirmed. I ex
pect to vote for you," Sen. Strom
Thurmond, R-S.C., told her.
At the midday break. Sen.
Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio,
gave a thumbs-up. "She was
OK," he said.
In the hearing, the committee
concentrated on eliciting her opin
ions on legal issues likely to come
before her and the Congress.
Reno said she wanted to apply
nationwide the lessons she's
learned fighting crime in the Mia
mi area, including working with
ex-offenders, families and chil
dren to try to prevent violence.
But, she said, “I think it's im
perative to understand that you
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Americans often
out of home state
WASHINGTON (AP) -
More than one-third of all Amer
icans live outside their state of
birth, the Census Bureau said
Tuesday. In 12 states, more than
half the people came from some
where else.
Nevada had the biggest share
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More terrorism
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"well-known terrorist group"
is likely responsible for the
bombing at New York's World
Trade Center, an FBI official
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vestigators' "gut feeling" that
experienced terrorists were re
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