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Page 12 • The Battalion * ' Monday • April 24,199; Clinton plants tree in remembrance of bomb victims, visits Oklahoma City □ President and Mrs. Clinton speak to the citizens and the victims on a designated nation al day of mourning. OKLAHOMA CITY — President Clinton led an angxiished nation Sunday, in prayers for the scores of victims of the federal office building bombing and their families. “In the face of death, let us honor life,” he said. On a day he designated a national day of mourning, a solemn Clinton told a nationally televised memorial service: “Those who are lost now belong to God. Someday we will be with them. But unt^il that happens, their legacy must be our lives.’ Before flying to Oklahoma, Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton planted a dogwood tree on the South Lawn of the White House in remembrance of the children who died in the blast last week. “Today, our nation joins with you in grief. We mourn with you. We share your hope against hope that some may still sur vive,” Clinton said at the memorial service. He shared a platform at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds with the Rev. Billy Gra ham, the evangelist. “We pledge to do all we can to help you heal the injured, to rebuild this city, and to bring to justice those who did this evil,” Clinton said. Earlier, Clinton planted a tree of remem brance in Washington Sunday for the vic tims of the Oklahoma City bombing as his administration pledged to rebuild the demol ished federal building and restore services. On a designated national day of mourn ing, the president and first lady Hillary Rod ham Clinton emerged from the White House, both wearing black, and walked hand-in- hand to the South Lawn. They then took turns shoveling dirt into a hole prepared for "Today, our nation joins with you in grief. We mourn with you. We share your hope against hope that some may still survive." — President Clinton the commemorative dogwood. After standing silent for a few moments, they boarded a helicopter and departed for Oklahoma City for a prayer service in re membrance of those killed in the bombing. Earlier Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said Clinton will approve the rebuilding of the federal building in Ok lahoma City that was blown up Wednesday. “The president will make a commitment today that that building will be rebuilt and we will restore those services to the people of Oklahoma City,” Panetta said. Whether the services restored in Okla homa City include a day care center located at the federal building remains in doubt, Panetta said later Sunday on CNN. “We have about a 100 day care centers lo cated in federal buildings across this country,” Panetta said. “As a consequence, however, of the increasing threat to federal buildings ... we need to look at whether day care centers should be located in those facilities.” Defense Secretary William Perry, mean while, rejected assertions that the military was somehow unwittingly supporting para military groups. “I don’t believe it is appropriate to couple the militia groups, the terrorist groups, with the U.S. military, and I very much resent any connection between the U.S. military and terrorist groups,” Perry said on NBC. As to the participation of active-duty U.S. military personnel in paramilitary groups. Perry said, “What military people do on their own time is not something we keep records of or maintain control of.” Robert Brown, the editor of Soldier of For tune magazine, told NBC that no one knows how many people are involved in these groups. “I don’t even think even the federal gov ernment can come up with accurate counts,” he said. “I would suggest in the tens of thousands.” Building: Death toll escalates Continued from Page 1 Visitation: Close yet not 24 hours Air Force Lt. Col. Joan Ferguson, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said Iniguez went AWOL from Fort Riley, Kan., on Aug. 23, and was declared a deserter a month later. On Friday, the FBI arrested what it said was the first of the two “John Does” in the agency’s sketches: Timothy McVeigh, a 27- year-old former GI with far-right political views. He was charged with taking part in the attack. A senior law enforcement offi cial, speaking on condition of anonymity, said someone had rec ognized Iniguez from the “John Doe 2” sketch of a dark-haired, square-jawed man with a heavy brow. But Russell said Iniguez was not the second John Doe and was not a suspect. McVeigh served at Fort Riley, as did Terry Nichols, one of two brothers being held as material witnesses in the attack. The FBI said McVeigh had been infuriated at the govern ment over the cult disaster at Waco, Texas. At the bombing site,gusts dropped wind chills to the 20s early Sunday and shifted some slabs of concrete on ledges on the building’s upper floors. McVeigh was being held in the El Reno Federal Correctional Center on a bombing charge. Oth er charges were expected to fol low. The government has said it will seek the death penalty. Continued from Page 1 decision was a step forward, though they had hoped for more. Owen Ross, RHA president, said that he was less than thrilled when he first heard the decision. “I was initially disappointed, but this really is an accom plishment for the residents,” Ross said. Heather Hunter, RHA visita tion ad-hoc committee chair, said she was pleased the hours were extended but hopes students will use the decision as a platform for future changes. “I think students should try the new hours for a year, and if they work, use that as a basis for more changes,” Hunter said. The expansion sentiment was echoed by several others, al though many added that any ex pansion efforts would not happen for some time. Suzanne Lyons, RHA presi dent-elect, said next year’s RHA will not pursue visitation changes. “From what I understand, we want to phase this in,” Lyons said. “So right now, we’re going to see what happens. “This is an accomplishment for the RHA, but I think we’re going to focus on other issues next year.” Ross said this will be a contin uing issue, although he does not expect any more action soon. Parallels evident in "Waco occurrences, Oklahoma bombing □ Loss of innocent children, federal agents and images of disaster mark simi larities between the two tragedies. DALLAS (AP) — Innocent children lost and scores dead. Weapons and federal agents. Government raids and tele vised images. Such are the parallels be tween the Oklahoma bomb ing and a deadly siege and standoff in Waco. “That’s something that won’t go away — little inno cent babies that are thrown into this because of adult ac- Wednesday morning’s blast at an Oklahoma City federal building came on the second anniversary of the Mount Carmel inferno. The death toll, which in cludes 13 children, remained at 78 Sunday morning, with an other 150 people still unac counted for. More than 400 oth ers were injured in the blast In court papers, a co-worker described McVeigh, the suspect arrested Friday, as having “ex treme right-wing views” and anger over the 1993 clash be tween authorities and the Branch Davidians. Besides the deaths of chil dren, Harwell said he saw little similarity in the events that oc curred in the two neighboring st ates in as many years. Vbl. 10 hi □ The has ra of its By Lis: The Bat "That's something that won't go away — little innocent babies are thrown into this because of adult actions." — Jack Harwell, Sheriff ofMcLennan Count] tions,” he said in a telephone interview from his home. The 51-day standoff near Waco ensued after a raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobac co and Firearms, who were attempting to serve search warrants for weapons and an arrest warrant for the sect’s leader, David Koresh. It ended when FBI agents stormed the Branch Davidians’ fortress near Waco on April 19, 1993, and the compound went up in flames. Eighty-five people including 18 children and Kore sh, died in the siege and in an inferno investigators believe was caused by the sect. In addition, four ATF agents died and 16 were wounded in the initial raid. “This was a law enforcement activity out here that failed to work the way that everyone wanted it to. ... 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