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Show ation & tate Page 3 March 3, 1999 Editor: Mike Sherwood j eromeinf o wes t.com Clinton Speaks Up On Foreign Policy Tribune Media Services ' In a speech his national security adviser described as a on foreign policy," President Clinton on Friday defended engagement with China, called for reform of the international financial system, vowed to curb weapons proliferation by nations such as North Korea, and warned Serbia's leaders that American and European forces are poised to attack if aggression against Kosovar Albanians resumes. Clinton, Citing five broad strategic challenges, sketched a world filled with both dangers and possibilities, and said America has no choice but to remain deeply involved in global events. "America has always risen to great causes, yet we have a tendency, still, to believe that we can go back to minding our own business when we're done," he told an invited audience of sev- "state-of-the-uni- eral hundred at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Union Square. "Today we must embrace the inexorable logic of globalization - that everything, from the strength of our economy to the safety of our cities, to the health of our people, depends on events not only within our borders but half a world away." The speech, wedged in between West Coast g events, at times sounded like a guided tour of tormented places and intractable problems. About the only troubles Clinton didn't mention were his own, though those were shouted and bannered by about 100 demonstrators who gathered outside. Some protested his sexual conduct, including his alleged assault of Juanita Broaddrick, who aired her complaint against Clinton in a television interview this week. Others protested everything from Clinton's trade policies to has failure fund-raisin- to support the Mideast's embattled Kurds. Clinton seemed unruffled by the rude welcome. Still, the foreign policy tasks Clinton promised to tackle during his final two years in office are daunting. He pledged to lay a foundation for world peace, to integrate former U.S. adversaries Russia and China into the international community, to combat the scourge of terrorism and drug trafficking, to overhaul the international financial system and to "keep freedom the top goal for the world of the 21st century." In the pursuit of peace in the Balkans, Clinton indicated he is ready to go to war if Serbia's leaders continue their military campaign against the Kosovar Albanians. "Serbia's leaders must now accept that only by allowing people in Kosovo control over their lives - as, after day-to-d- White Supremacist Sentenced To Death Tribune Media Services A white supremacist was sentenced to death Thursday for murdering a black man by chaining him to a truck and dragging him along a country road. "I hereby sentence you to death by lethal injection," Judge Joe Golden told John King before a packed courtroom. The audience remained silent, but several people present wept. The 11 white jurors and their elected black foreman took just under three hours to render the decision, about the same time as they took to find King guilty. They offered a few clues to their deliberations, sending out notes asking to see an homemade knife found in King's cell as well as racist letters he sent from prison. "As a group?' we all agree that we are just common citizens who felt that serving on this jury was an obligation and not a privilege," foreman Joe Collins read from a statement. "Each of us believes that justice has been served." King, a member of the Confederate Knights of America, has the right of appeal. So far he has expressed no remorse for the murder. The circumstances surthe last June rounding killing horrified many people in the United States, especially African Americans who saw in it the unextinguished embers of a brutal racist history. all, they have been promised under Yugoslav law - it is only grip entire economies; when millions who have worked their by doing that can they keep their way into the middle class are country intact," he said. plunged suddenly into poverty China, the need for reform of the interRegarding whose relations with the United national financial system is States have become deeply clear." strained in recent months by Clinton gave only passing human rights, trade and security mention to Norfh Korea, a issues, Clinton defended his polnation whose militant behavior icy of engagement. He said he is of growing concern to the U.S. does not believe "we can hope to and its allies in Asia. But followbring change to China if we isoing his speech, he met with forlate China from the forces of mer defense secretary William change." Perry to discuss a review Perry Clinton said he is aware of is conducting of U.S. policy the enormous challenge China's toward the communist state, leaders face in trying to mainwhich continues to pump tain stability while guiding the money into weapons programs transition from a controlled as millions of its people go huneconomy to a market economy. gryBut he said those leaders evenSandy Berger, Clinton's tually must realize that they national security adviser, said "cannot purchase stability at the Perry's review is "still a work in expense of freedom." progress." However, he said the While stopping far short of goals of any recommendations would be to preserve the 1994 endorsing capital controls, Clinton said the Asian financial crisis agreement under which North has revealed serious weaknesses Korea promised to dismantle its in the global financial architecnuclear reactor program, which ture that has been in place since produced weapons-grad- e matethe end of World War II. rial, and to engage in dialogue "The gains of global ecowith South Korea. In exchange, nomic exchange have been real the United States, Japan and and dramatic," he said. "But South Korea were to provide when the tides of capital first economic aid, including buildflood emerging markets, and ing two light-watreactors to then abruptly recede; when meet energy needs. bank failures and bankruptcies -- . er |
