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Show - NAno AC" A4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1.99 THE DAILY HERALD W Clinton's ratings surge after State of Union GLOBAL BRIEFING By WILL LESTER Defense plan delayed WASHINGTON (AP) Associated The Clinton administration said Wednesday it probably will take two years longer than previously believed to build a defense against a missile attack on the United States. But, it added, the need for such a defense system is greater than ever. The administration moved its target date for deploying a national missile defense from 2003 to 2005, Defense Secretary William Cohen told a Pentagon news conference. The cost of building the system is estimated to reach $10.5 billion, he said. Cohen said President Clinton's proposed 2000 budget, to be submitted to Congress on Feb. 1, will include an extra $6.6 billion for missile defense work through the year 2005. long-rang- e Steelworkers seek help WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Clinton bolstered his already robust standing in the polls with a State of the Union address that focused on problems facing Americans but didn't mention his own the Senate impeachbiggest problem ment trial. Polls released Wednesday by ABC, CBS and NBC suggested the public's approval of Clinton's job performance are near highs even as the Senate is hearing evidence on whether the president should be removed from all-tim- e office. His job approval rating ranged from 66 percent in the ABC poll to 72 percent in the CBS poll to 76 percent in the NBC poll. His approval numbers were three to five points higher after the speech, depending on the poll. Almost four out of five Americans Three-fourth- s save Social Security. By better than a margin, those polled by ABC said it's more important for the federal government to use the surplus for Medicare and Social -l Security rather than tax cuts. Republicans favor applying part of the surplus for Social Security, but want to use the remainder for tax cuts. The president advocated using the surplus to bolster a number of areas of spending, most notably Social Security. The president's ebullient description of the nation's economic growth had an effect on those who watched the speech. As sena WASHINGTON tors consider their votes in the impeachment trial of President Clinton, here are the opposing sides: approval numbers are among the strongest for a president in three decades. The president's average job approval rating for the last quarter of 1998 was 66 percent in the Gallup poll, one of the highest sustained performances by a president since President Lyndon Johnson's early years, according to Frank Newport, editor in chief of the Gallup Poll. The only time in the last three decades that presidents have enjoyed stronger approval rates in the Gallup poll for a sustained period were the first quarter of President Carter's term and the surge of popularity enjoyed by President Bush ufter the capture of Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega and the victory in the Persian Gulf War. about his relationship with NEW DELHI, India (AP) Indian police say suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden was behind a plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy and two American consular offices in the country, local newspapers reported Wednesday. The State Department expressed grave concern Wednesday over the reported threat, and an embassy spokeswoman said U.S. counterterror-isexperts were in the Indian capital assessing the alleged plot. Local newspaper reports said police had arrested four people, including a Bangladeshi man suspected of working for Pakistan's intelligence agency. Stamp honors Malcolm - X Malcolm X, NEW YORK (AP) who was shadowed by the FBI because of his activism, was honored by the government Wednesday with a new commemorative stamp. Postal Service Governor S. David Fineman unveiled the 33-ce- stamp at the Apollo Theatre in the Harlem section of New York. Malcolm X, who was assassinated in a Harlem ballroom in 1965, was "a modern-darevolutionary who openly end of oppression and for the fought said Fineman. "He was a injustice," visionary, a man who dreamed of a better world and dared to do something about it." y Korea: Diplomat kidnapped SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea accused South Korea of kidnapping one of its diplomats Wednesday, charging that his defection to the United States was a ruse. The diplomat, identified as Kim Kyong Pil, 54, and his wife, Kim Kum Sun, 52, defected about a week ago while on a trip to Frankfurt, South Korean officials said Monday. 1 i"3 Monica Lewinsky. PROSECUTION: Clinton said he never touched J Lewinsky intimately and . cj6 that she merely performed & sexual acts on mm, contrary to the testimony of Ulf(J Lewinsky, her friends and counselors. ' u'w'J DEFENSE: Clinton admit- ted "inappropriate inti- mate contact with Lewinsky, meaning some form of sex. He refused to discuss the specific physi-- 1 cai details out or a concern for privacy. '!, ACCUSATION: Clinton lied to a federal grand jury about his earlier false tes: timony in the Paula Jones . Wl , ,.s- - v ..... if Lii-- 'Si 0 '4; v .a , suit sexual-harassme- . PROSECUTION: Clinton falsely told the grand jury he had testified truthfully in his deposition in the Jones case. DEFENSE: The House rejected an impeachment article that charged the president with perjury in the Jones deposition, it cannot be considered i; 1 now. ACCUSATION: Clinton lied to a federal grand jury about a false statement he allowed his lawyer to make in the Paula Jones case. in turbulence Police: bin Laden behind pkrt Kill to a federal grand jury that could lead to quotas A Continental HONOLULU (AP) Airlines flight from Tokyo to Honolulu hit severe turbulence Wednesday, injuring 18 passengers and four flight attendants. The injuries were mostly bumps and bruises, said Sarah Anthony, an airline spokeswoman. Thirteen passengers were treated at The Queen's Medical Center and released, spokeswoman Karen Winpenny said. The flight attendants were treated at another hospital for contusions and strains. Flight 910 landed safely at the Honolulu airport about three hours after hitting turbulence at 33,000 feet, said Marilyn Kali of the state Transportation Department. ' ARTICLE I: PERJURY ACCUSATION: Clinton lied and broad tariffs on foreign steel. 22 injured JA chsrgcs Knight Ridder Newspapers After the speech, 40 percent thought the nation's economy was excellent, compared to 27 percent before the speech. The bump in Clinton's approval rating conies at a time when his sustained job (AP) Steelworkers rallied in the capital Wednesday in hopes of persuading the Clinton administration to get tougher on cheap steel imports. A few thousand mill workers and supporters, blaring horns and carrying "Stand Up For Steel" signs, closed Pennsylvania Avenue's westbound lanes for an hour with a march from the Capitol to the White House. Their chief complaint: Imports are coming in at prices so low that domestic producers cannot compete and have had to lay off at least 10,000 steelworkers. The industry wants an administration review Press Writer who watched President Clinton's State of the Union address approved of most of his proposals and agreed with his decision not to mention his impeachment trial, according to several polls. of those questioned in a CNNUSA TodayGallup poll of people who watched the State of the Union said the proposals suggested by Clinton will Tho ,; PROSECUTION: Clinton 'I falsely said he wasn't paying attention when his lawyer, Robert Bennett, characterized Lewinsky's affidavit as saying "no sex of any kind with President Clinton." A videotape. . shows otherwise. DEFENSE: It is reasonable to believe Clinton was not paying attention. And no prosecutor would charge a man with perjury for testifying falsely about his T V s - f CHRIS PIZZKIXOThe Associated I'ross Public opinion: Dawn Swift, left, marches in a candlelight vigil during a rally on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Tuesday to protest the impeachment of President Clinton. Hundreds of people, for and against the impeachment proceedings, attended the rally, sponsored by People for the American Way. state WASHINGTON Here is what's ahead as the Senate continues to consider the case for removing William Jefferson Clinton from the presidency: Today, David Kendall, President Clinton's private attorney, will address allegations that the president obstructed justice by encouraging Monica Lewinsky to lie in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case by denying there was sex between the two, that he tried to secure her silence by finding her jobs and that he tried to influence the testimony of his staffers by lying to them about the affair. He is expected to be followed by former Sen. Dale Bumpers, who will wrap up the defense. Friday, senators are sched uled to start presenting questions to the president's lawyers and the House prosecutors. The questions are expected to continue through Saturday. Monday, two Democratic senators, Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and Tom Harkin of Iowa, will offer a motion to conduct all Senate deliberations in public. To pass, the motion requires 67 out of 100 votes. The Senate debate on a ARTICLE II: OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE ACCUSATION: Clinton encouraged Lewinsky to file a false affidavit in the What's ahead in the impeachment trial Knight Ridder Newspapers of mind with only picture as evidence. Jones case. that motion, which can take PROSECUTION: Clinton advised Lewinsky to file an affidavit, knowing it would need to falsely deny any sexual relations with place in private, could extend into Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Senate might vote on the Wellstone- Harkin motion. Senators or White House lawyers might offer motions to dismiss the case based on the presentations so far. Debate on those motions would be public if motion the Wellstone-Harkiis adopted. Senate discussion could extend into Wednesday. .' the president ! DEFENSE: Lewinsky ! . denied that anyone asked her to He. Clinton's silence1 on the issue should not be used against him; . ACCUSATION: Clinton encouraged Lewinsky to give false testimony if n called to testify In ; . the ; Jones case. Clinton lawyers try to turn tables on House prosecutors By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent Who's on trial or his accusers? Clinton President here, White House lawyers are trying to turn the tables on GOP House prosecutors, claiming their impeachment case is politically charged, flawed and WASHINGTON unfair. Perjury? Nonsense, they say. Obstruction of justice? No case, they claim. The Republican-writte- n indictment "falls well below the most basic, minimal standards and should not be used to impeach and remove this president," presidential counselor Greg Craig told the Senate Wednesday. His colleague, Cheryl Mills, accused the House of encouraging senators to ignore evidence that exonerates Clinton. Without a legal basis for impeaching Clinton, the president's lawyers suggest, the only reason for putting him on trial is a partisan campaign to embarrass and weaken him and push him from office. "Do not inject a poison of bitter par- - NEWS ANALYSIS tisanship into the body politic which, like a virus, can move through our national bloodstream for years to come, with results none can know or calculate," Craig said. But political strains run deep through this impeachment drama, from votes against the presithe party-lindent in the House Judiciary Committee and the full House to the makeup of the House prosecution team. There is a strong advantage for the White House if it can keep the impeachment case on a partisan footing. After a year of the Monica Lewinsky saga, Americans still give Clinton high approval ratings, want him to stay in office and hope the impeachment case goes away. If the Senate decides Clinton's fate on a partisan vote, the president wins. To achieve the 67 votes required to throw Clinton out of office, Republicans would have to peel away at least 12 e Democrats. - J House prosecutor Asa Hutchinson, himself a former federal prosecutor, complained that Clinton's attorneys were improperly trying to make it a case of the GOP managers versus the White House. "This should not be a battle between the managers and the White House defense team," Hutchinson said. Even while attacking the Republican prosecution, the White House presented a show of humility for the Senate judges; Republicans and Democrats . alike. To lawmakers who have complained about legalistic, hairsplitting responses from the White House, Craig said, "We apologize to you and to the American people." As Clinton's trial runs longer, likely into February, Republicans run the risk of being seen as obsessed with impeachment instead of matters like Social Security and education that Americans care about. Many Republicans fear there is a real threat that, on the heels of election losses in November, they could lose control of the House and Senate two years from PROSECUTION: Clinton -- known. ; now. 1 ! to Lewinsky to ensure that the truth of their relation- ship would not become -- . ': suggested "cover stories ; j. ' , . DEFENiSj Lewinsky has I denied that anyone ever asked her to tie; Clinton should not be ousted on the theory that Lewinsky knew his silence meant she should lie. ACCUSATION: Clinton par- ticipated in a scheme to conceal gifts that had. been subpoenaed In the I " ' y ' 'Jones case. PRCSECUT1CN: Batty Currie picked up CilntonlB ''.i gifts from Lewinsky Clinton talked to Cum about the 2ifL4 hehsd given Lewinsky. Thet ' cates Clir.ton STtsri tha tzi , f?s err;. :ic;:. r tz' m ;r : fc:ntit3"prrL.'-- V -- v.. j 5 ji 1 ' at i 11 mmm ii.im |
