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i 'll ’: i ■ t Page 6 • Monday, June 21, 1999 N EWS —————— Water wars BRADLEY ATCHISONAIhi Battalion Nine-year-old Jude Tidwell of Bryan (left) and seven-year-old Alex Fulton of Oglesby battle it out in a pair of bumper boats Sunday in College Station. NATO calls ei' to air campai; Last of Yugoslav troops exit Koi Officials dispute future of nuclear program WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy De partment’s bureaucracy has failed to take sev eral key steps to reducing the threat of espi onage and should cede control of the country’s nuclear weapons program to a new agency, the head of a presidential panel on nuclear weapons security said Sunday. But Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said he would not give up authority over production. “What I don’t want is a new agency that is au tonomous, that does not report to me,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” “The attitude of people within that depart ment, in that bureaucracy, is astounding,” said former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., who headed a panel of the president’s Foreign In- RICHARDSON telligence Advisory Board that last week is sued a highly critical report of the DOE’s counter-intelligence efforts. The report recommended creation of a largely independent agency within the de partment with responsibility for nuclear weapons programs, including the weapons labs, which have been the focus of investiga tions into alleged Chinese thefts of American nuclear weapons secrets. “These weapons are not safe,” Rudman said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “These se crets are not safe. We have a terribly long way to go.” He said President Clinton issued a direc tive in early 1998 outlining measures to tight en security at the labs, but that two major el ements — polygraph tests for scientists at the labs and better security checks for foreign vis itors — have yet to be fully implemented. “We have had dramatic improvements,” Richardson said while acknowledging there was still a long way to go. He said he had or dered a two-day stand-down at all the nuclear labs to test security measures, and that he planned to dismiss some people responsible for security lapses in about three weeks. Richardson last week also named retired Air Force Gen. Eugene Habiger, the former commander of all U.S. strategic nuclear forces, to head security operations at the department. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chair of the Senate intelligence committee, agreed with Rudman that while Richardson has been dili gent in closing security holes, a separate weapons agency was needed. “We’ve said all along that the labs are not safe today, they’re not safe tomorrow,” Shelby said on Fox. He said several Republican sena tors plan to attach language creating the new agency to an intelligence spending bill to come before the Senate in the next few weeks. PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) — Tow ing broken-down military vehicles be hind them, the last of 40,000 Yugoslav troops rolled out of Kosovo on Sunday, prompting NATO to declare a formal end to its bombing campaign against Yugoslavia. Negotiators from the NATO-led peacekeeping force also reached agreement with the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) that called on the rebels to turn over their heavy weapons, U.S. national security adviser Sandy Berg er said. The agreement still must be signed by both sides. The final Yugoslav troops pulled out of Kosovo yesterday, and by midday, NATO said only stragglers re mained. Under the Kosovo peace plan, all troops had to be out by midnight. Yesterday afternoon, after the departure of the main Serb convoy, a line of Serb transport trucks returned to haul off broken-down tanks and armored vehicles. In the hamlet of Li- vadica on Kosovo’s northern border, Avdyl Avdullahu sat on his thing bigger than a sidearm: rifle in storage within 30di said. The agreement also ca!; rebels to maintain a cease-fe foreign members and re; peacekeepers’ authority matters, he said. KLA fighters in the wesi; Pec stopped carrying the rii sault weapons that earlierti. almost part of their unifon checkpoint, peacekeeperst grenades from rebel fighters Tens of thousands of Ko; fearful the departure of tlif troops won;: “[I have] decided to terminate with immediate effect the air campaign which I suspended on June 10” — Javier Solana NATO secretary-general the wooden horse cart and watched Serb soldiers trundle northward. “In my 70 years, never have I had a happier day,” the ethnic Albanian said. With the troops gone, NATO offi cially ended the airstrikes against Yu goslavia. Secretary-General Javier Solana said he had “decided to termi nate with immediate effect the air cam paign which I suspended on June 10,” after the Kosovo peace deal was signed. Under the demilitarization agree ment reached yesterday, the KLA agreed to stop carrying weapons in many parts of Kosovo and to place any- t hem vulnt rebel attac! been fleeing; vo in an ei mirrored the ethnic Alban: a Serb crack months ear. : Yugoslav Slobodan Mik tried to cor Serb exodus reportedly $e sign of deter: mies could t seat him The gov I prevented the refugees near Belgrade, blocked tl to set up tent cities and urge: go home to the province consider the cradle of theiro. Yugoslav ministers acre convoys of refugees backira yesterday. The state-run Tar agency said more than 1,000? for Kosovo from the city oi from Krusevac and 40 fromK But even as someSerbsn Kosovo, others reportedlyra A group of about 200 mtieuiok and staged a brief demstratior terday, jeered at by onloota. *3.95 m Free Activation ‘Accessories ‘Calling Cards { pager airtime PrimeCo phones sold here Discount Paging System If You Have Somethinq To Sell Remember: The Battalion Classified Can Do It Call 845-0569 LSAT^MATVGREXMCAfVCPAVTOEFL Relax, it’s only your future we’re talking about. Classes begin in Aggieland: GMAT July 8 GRE July 14 LSAT July 26 & Aug. 15 DAT/OAT July 8 & Aug. 29 KAPLAN 1 -800-KAP-TEST www.kaplan.com •Test names ora registered trademarks ol their respective owner.*. APPLY TODAY Staff Application* Fall f 99 Name: Phone Number(s): Expected graduation (semester): Major: If you have another job, what is it? Classification: How many hours per week? E-mail: Will vou plan to keep it if hired? 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