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TheBatm Hie Battalion N ews Page 5 • Wednesday, September 16, 1998 GOP leaders play down censure talks < lit tepublicans continue push for impeachment, but will not rule out chance of lesser sanctions e that, latest! s awes WASHINGTON (AP) — Repub- Ican congressional leaders timshed aside Democratic talk of mere censure of President Clinton m Tuesday, as the House Judicia- ,,y Committee pointed toward re- 3 , ease of the next installment of . ro ^; tenneth Starr’s evidence of im- re ' peachable offenses. )o. inei* Q ensure i s “ no t an option that ies ^; idds a lot of attraction,” House 1 hjority Leader Dick Armey told reparai e p 0r i erS) adding that he had been Someoi j^i n g t0 members of the GOP ank-and-file about the issue. “We ■ Therei ^eve that committing perjury eephou ndobstmction of justice, these are e woria ea ts of enormous consequence,” rs tosoi laid the Texan. she’s» ^Across the Capitol, Senate Ma her. “/f there's a serious effort made in Con gress to that (reim bursement), well consider it when the time comes” — Mike McCurry White House spokesperson jority Leader Trent Lott told re porters it was “inappropriate at this time to be talking about what might happen” to Clinton. Neither he nor Armey closed the door on the idea of a sanc tion less than impeachment. Nor did White House spokesperson Mike McCurry. Asked about calls for Clinton to reimburse some of the costs Starr has incurred — said to be some $4.4 million investigating the Lewinsky cover-up allegations — McCurry said, “if there’s a se rious effort made in Congress to that, we’ll consider it when the time comes.” Meanwhile, the White House moved to prevent further erosion in Clinton’s political standing among Democrats. Chief of staff Erskine Bowles and a phalanx of aides journeyed to the Capitol to join the weekly closed-door De mocratic Senate caucus for a dis cussion of Starr’s report. Bowles later told reporters little about what was said. But he was emphatic when asked whether any senator had called for Clinton to leave office: “No.” Starr’s report on the president and his affair with Monica Lewinsky, a portion of which was made public last week, cited what the prosecutors said was evidence of impeachable offens es in 11 instances, including per jury and obstruction of justice. The president has apologized for his behavior but has not admit ted violating any law. Looking for a unique Christian Based Organization? Phi Beta Chi is a National Christian Based Social Sorority and we invite you to join our rush! # Phi Beta Chi Fall Rush 1998 Scavenger Hunt Thurs., Sept. 10 7:30pm MSC 292A Casual attire Game Night Bible Study Mon., Sept.14 VVed., Sept 16 7:30 pm MSC 292B 7:30pm MSC 145 Casual attire Sunday attire For more information, call Irish Hudson at 260-0044, Beth Naser at 694-0190, or Advisor Lana Wilson at 845-8768. 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Some 80 aircraft and rooms of computer technicians and com manders will run the experiment at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia and Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, including live flying and simula tions. Under the scenario, fighting forces would go into the field with lightweight laptop computers, satellite dishes and printers instead of pallets loaded with command equipment and with hundreds of controllers to run it. Gen. John Jumper, the Air Force commander in Europe, said the expeditionary forces would be “small, but lethal” and would go into hot spots at the request of allies to try to pre vent wars or humanitarian crises from developing. “It’s at the front end, the de terrent end, of the shooting war where you are desperately trying to put enough of the deterrent force out there to influence the bad guy’s decision not to act,” Jumper told a defense writers’ group Tuesday. He said such a quick-acting show of force also would demonstrate U.S. resolve to help its friends. 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Russian liberals and media ave been making doomsday iedictions that the new govern- pnt, under Prime Minister vgeny Primakov, will represent retreat back to Soviet-era eco- CETOlifmic policies. Primakov, who conferred with resident Boris Yeltsin on new abinet appointments on Tues- ay, insists he is only trying to eate a team that represents all lemajor political and economic ictions, including the Commu- jLParty. Rside from a few preliminary asures, Primakov has not an- unced any economic program id appears to be seeking politi- consensus rather than quick nomic action. He has asked to given up to a year before his Ikies were assessed. There have been indications that government intends to play a mger role in the economy. Central Bank chairman Viktor jerashchenko called Tuesday for turn to the Soviet-era practice requiring exporters to turn in of their hard currency earn- igs to the government, in ex- nge for rubles at a state-de- ifrmined rate.' 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