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Friday, January 21,1994
The Battalion
Page 3
Bentsen discredits defense chief rumor
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Record freezing tempera
tures in the nation's capital are doing little to
chill the white-hot rumor mill about President
Clinton's next defense chief now that retired
Adm. Bobby Inman has abruptly withdrawn his
name and left the administration in the lurch.
Under one scenario, the White House was
contemplating transferring Treasury Secretary
Lloyd Bentsen across the Potomac River to the
Pentagon. That's a rumor discredited Thurs
day by the 72-year-old Texan and one that
economists, political observers and those close
to him don't buy.
Bentsen did discuss possible candidates for
the defense job with Clinton during an
overnight telephone call, but said the presi
dent didn't indicate he was among those un
der consideration.
"He didn't offer and I sure didn't ask for the
defense post," Bentsen said while traveling in
China during one leg of his Asian trade mission.
"I expect to remain secretary of the trea
sury," he said. "I am happy where I am."
Other names mentioned to replace defense
chief Les Aspin, who re
signed last month under
pressure, include Deputy
Defense Secretary William
Perry; Senate Armed Ser
vices Committee Chair
man Sam Nunn of Geor
gia; CIA Director James
Woolsey; and John Young,
former head of Hewlett-
Packard Co.
Names that surfaced
previously include Norman
Augustine, head of the de
fense contractor Martin-Marietta Corp.; former
GOP Sen. Warren Rudman of New Hamp
shire; and James Courter, a former GOP con
gressman from New Jersey and chairman of
the government's base-closing panel.
Treasury watchers suggested there would
be little incentive for Bentsen to leave a post
where he is drawing kudos as the administra
tion's economic front man for a Defense De
partment buffeted by everything from budget
squeezes and controversy over gays in the mil
itary to problems in Somalia, Bosnia and Haiti.
With the economy expected to continue im
proving through 1995, Bentsen would be trad
ing a stable future for one full of uncertainty
and inevitable budget woes, they said.
"Bentsen is in a perfect position and has
made a major contribution to the one really
bright spot the Clinton administration has right
now, which is the economy," said David Jones,
an economist with Aubrey G. Lanston & Co., a
New York government securities dealer.
"Bentsen is almost invaluable where he is now."
Of the defense job, Jones said: "It's a huge
headache."
That view was echoed by Bruce Buchanan,
a University of Texas professor of government
who has long followed Bentsen's career.
"It seems to me just from the personal side
that it's not likely that he would want to take
on a tangled and difficult job like that at this
point in his career," said Buchanan.
"I can't see him buying into a new can of
worms at this late date."
Bentsen's rumored differences with Clinton
over some aspects of the administration's eco
nomic policy might become more substantial
over military matters, said Michael K. Evans of
Evans Economics Inc., a Boca Raton, Fla. eco
nomic consulting service.
Bentsen
Branch Davidians trial
Waco reporter says first shots fired from complex
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — The first gunshots erupted
from inside the Branch Davidian compound during
a raid by agents of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, To
bacco and Firearms early last year, a newspaper re
porter who covered the raid testified Thursday.
"Based on what 1 saw and heard, 1 believe
whoever was inside the building fired first,"
Marc Masferrer, a reporter with the Waco Tri
bune-Herald, told jurors in the federal murder
trial of 11 Branch Davidians.
Masferrer, under questioning by prosecutors, said
a wild barrage of gunfire exploded like "firecrack
ers" seconds after ATF agents arrived at the com
pound last Feb. 28.
Defense attorneys, who have said the issue of
who shot first is critical to their clients' claim of self-
defense, attempted to show on cross-examination
that Masferrer's sight and hearing may have been
impaired by distance.
Masferrer's testimony marked the first time the
eight-woman, four-man jury has heard from some
one other than ATE agents that the Branch Davidi
ans started a 45-minute gun battle. Koresh's follow
ers claim they retaliated only after being fired upon.
Also Thursday, ATF special agents Kris A. May-
field and Kevin Richardson described watching fel
low agent Robert Williams being gunned down in
front of the compound. Botin men blamed gunfire
coming from the compound for Williams' death.
"I looked up and saw him take a shot," Mayfield
said. "His head jerked back, and he slumped to the
ground on his back, face-up."
"Once the cease-fire was negotiated, I made
my way over to where special agent Williams
was. I could tell he was dead," Mayfield said.
"He had been shot in the head."
Williams and agents Steven Willis, Conway C.
LeBleu and Todd W. McKeehan were killed in the
gun battle while 16 others were injured. Six Branch
Davidians also are believed to have died in the ex
change.
The failed attempt by the ATF to arrest Koresh
and search his compound for weapons touched off a
51-day standoff that culminated in an inferno April
19. Koresh and 85 followers, including at least 17
children, died in the blaze.
The 11 defendants, who face up to life in prison if
convicted of murdering and conspiring to murder
federal agents, contend they were forced to defend
themselves against an ill-conceived raid by a govern
ment agency seeking to prove itself before federal
budget review.
Tne Davidians claim they retaliated only after be
ing fired upon by dark-clad agents who fanned out
from the two cattle trailers with their weapons
drawn.
Masferrer said he had been sent to the compound
by an editor with orders to expect "some sort of law
enforcement activity." He said he didn't know his
editor's source.
He, another reporter and a photographer from the
newspaper were roughly "225 yards" from the
building on a road adjacent to the compound when
they saw ATF agents arrive, Masferrer said.
The gunfire started almost immediately and Mas-
ferrer said he concluded the shots were coming
from Koresh's followers, in part, because "at that
time, only four or five agents were out of the truck."
But attorney Mike DcGcurin, who represents
Branch Davidian Paul Fatta, revealed on cross-ex
amination that Masferrer was only focused on the
second of the two ATF cattle trailers.
Reports reveal Austin residents
view UT as insensitive to minorities
First woman takes
class with Citadel
Corps of Cadets
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Shan
non Faulkner walked into a biol
ogy class at The Citadel on
Thursday and made history. She
became the first woman in the
school's 151-year history to take
a class with the corps of cadets.
"It wasn't like walking into
any other class, when there are
30 guys in the class and you're
the only woman," said Faulkner,
who also celebrated her 19th
birthday Thursday.
"My first day of class went
well," she said. "The cadets have
spoken to me. I don't think I'll be
having any problems."
She got a $10 ticket for park
ing in the faculty lot. Faulkner
said she thought school officials
told her she could park there.
Faulkner, who had all gender
references removed from her high
school transcript, first was accept
ed by the school, then rejected
| when Citadel officials found out
| she is a woman. So she sued the
state-supported military college
last year, saying its alUrtiale policy
was unconstitutional.
A federal judge ruled she
could attend day classes, al
though not as a cadet, while her
lawsuit proceeded. The Citadel
s went to the Supreme Court to try
| to keep her out, but Chief Justice
1 William Rehnquist on Tuesday
said she could attend classes.
The Citadel and Virginia Mili-
[ tary Institute are the nation's
only state-supported, all-male
I military colleges. VMI's admis-
| sions policy is also being chal
lenged in federal court.
Faulkner walked alone
through 25-degree temperatures
and a horde of reporters to Duck
ett Hall for her 8 a.m. biology
: class, a 75-minute lecture bn
plant reproduction. Cadets
■ watched from the courtyard and
the windows of Stevens Barracks
! across the street, yelling as she
passed by.
"It's real upsetting for a lot of
the guys," said John Johnson, a
junior cadet. "But they have
enough humor, enough spur^k,
to see it through."
"It's difficult. It's going, to be a
change," senior Jay Hart said,
f Hart said he came to The Citadel
for a single-sex education.
Faulkner had an education
class and a biology lab later in
[ the day, then planned a private
birthday celebration with her
| family and her attorneys.
The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Black and Hispanic
residents of Austin view the Uni
versity of Texas as aloof and in
sensitive to minorities, if not actu
ally racist and hostile, according
to two new reports commissioned
by the university.
"The perception that racism is
tolerated is a real barrier for the
University of Texas as far as re
cruiting students and faculty,"
said one African-American inter
viewed for the reports.
"Remember, blacks could not
even walk on the UT campus, and
that image is still there," said an
other interviewee. "The institu
tion still sends the message that it
is elitist, and they need to change
that."
Those interviewed were not
identified.
Almost 100 residents, primarily
UT officials and community and
opinion leaders, were interviewed
for the reports, which have been
presented to the university's exec
utive officers and deans.
The reports are being used to
make changes in the way the uni
versity operates.
"We are really trying to make
an honest effort to see what the
problems are and what the per
ceptions are," said UT President
Robert Berdahl.
Ed Sharpe, UT's vice president
for administration and public af
fairs, said, "Historically, this insti
tution, and I think a lot of re
search universities, have a ten
dency not to listen, not to hear
"The institution still
sends the message
that it is elitist, and
they need to change
that."
- an interviewee
what's going on in the community
they are involved in. This was
part of a concerted effort to start
listening."
Many of the problems at UT
date to the days of segregation.
While Hispanics always have
been admitted to the university, it
took a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
in 1950 to open the doors to
blacks.
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