European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday january 13,1993 by the new York times Little Rock Ark with the inauguration a week away president elect Bill Clinton has still not filled most of the top sub Cabinet jobs largely because he is trying to draw in a More than the usual White boys who run Washington a As a transition official put it a Clinton is Well on his Way to meeting his pledge to fill the top 100 jobs in his administration by next wednesdays inauguration Day transition officials said. But the process is slower than usual because the president elect is demanding the same diversity of women minorities and White men that he brought into the Cabinet. At this stage both presidents Reagan and Bush Haa filled most of their top sub Cabinet jobs. A the process is working a said one Clinton official. A there is no delay from our Point of View. If we wanted to rely on the usual White boys in Washington we. Would be done by now. But if you want to get beyond that it takes a Little  actually it has necessitated a huge juggling act. Clinton is trying to satisfy his top aides and Campaign supporters Many of whom Are White men with the jobs they ate seeking while at the same time bringing in new faces and minorities to fulfil his diversity pledge. This has naturally led to people particularly some White men being offered jobs that they do not want or feel Are inferior Ben Sert nomination a Breeze Washington up the Senate finance committee approved sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas As Treasury Secretary tuesday with members of the panel asking not even one question. The vote was unanimous and in the form of approval for the a prospective nomination of Bentsen when it is formally submitted by. President elect Clinton after his inauguration next wednesday. The Quick vote taken at the suggestion or Senate Republican Leader Robert j. Dole was followed by a standing ovation tendered by members of the panel of which Bentsen was a member for 21 years six As chairman. He is the first of Clinton s nominees to be approved by the committees that hold confirmation hearings. / a Bentsen was introduced in glowing terms by Sens. Max Baucus d-mont., and Phil Gramm a Texas. In his opening statement Bentsen the 1988 democratic vice presidential candidate said the challenges facing the incoming administration and the 103rd Congress remain the same a to balance spending and revenues make the tax code fairer Advance . Trade interests expand Job training increase savings and stimulate Public private  have suggested that in the a next Day or so the rest of the staff announcements would be made Only to backtrack now that the Cabinet secretaries have been nominated Many of them have their own ideas about whom they want As top deputies and in some cases their choices have clashed with the lists provided by Clinton a transition personnel director Richard w. Riley. For instance the Clinton team is said to favor Rozanne Ridgeway a former assistant Secretary of state for european affairs to be undersecretary for International affairs to Secretary of defense designate Les Aspin. Such a move would put a Well known woman of the team. But Aspin is said to be Balking at this in favor of his own Choice. They complain and the musical chairs Start anew _ the White House staff alone seems to have gone through a dozen different permutations in recent weeks. One Day Bruce Reed was pencilled in As the Likely Choice of chief Domestic policy adviser. But the next Day word had it that the Job would go to Carol h. Rasco Clinton a health policy adviser in Arkansas As a counterbalance to Harold icks a new York lawyer who is White Lekes is Likely to serve under Thomas f. Mclarty jr., the chief of staff another White Man. The president elect is known to take his time on top choices and change his mind. The Linton transition staff is clearly on Edge with staff members wary of speaking with reporters for fear that one wrong word could Cost them a Job. Each Day for the last week Clinton another Issue raised by the emphasis Linton has placed on diversity is How some people Are going to work together. He has tried to avoid the path followed by former president Carter of allowing his Cabinet secretaries to appoint whomever they wanted. That resulted in an administration in which departments were More Loyal to their own Agenda than to that of the president. But Clinton May be courting the opposite problem. That is departments in which the senior staff members Are All strangers without experience working together and the Only thing they have in common is loyalty to Clinton. 1.0&Quot Points of Light Are a Washington a president Bush on monday recognized the volunteers of a St. Paul minn., youth hockey program As his 1,020th and final a Point of Light. Bush announced 10 Points of Light a one for each of his remaining Days in office. The final selection was the Mariucci inner City hockey starter association whose volunteers teach inner City children Ages 6 to 8 to skate and play ice hockey. The association was founded in 1984, and its 28 volunteers include former hockey players parents and other Community members who give their time and skills t6 teach children the benefits of athletics. The first Point of Light announced nov. 22, 1989, was the commercial Appeal of Memphis Tenn. The newspaper was recognized for promoting volunteerism in the Memphis area. Bush coined the phrase in his August 1988 acceptance speech at the Republican National convention As a Way of describing things americans do for one another without government help. The nine other Points of Light announced monday were a Iva Kaufman of Hemet calif., for ensuring that senior citizens in her Community have Quality health care and social interaction. A the Community involvement project of Barnett Bank of Jacksonville Fla. A Melodee Lazaruk of Memphis for working with children senior citizens and terminally ill people in her Community a the eighth Grade class at Lakeland Middle school in Baltimore whose members were trained to be academic tutors for their Peers. A a the Mary House shelter of Washington . Whose volunteers provide housing and other services for homeless people and distressed women and children. A rape victim services of Paducah by. A Phyliss fishleder and the volunteers of fab-1 Ulous finds of san Diego who provide Job training and work experience for homeless men and women. A Robert Thompson of St. Joseph mo., for helping senior citizens in his Community. A Jennifer Trigg of san Jose calif., for providing information and referral services to refugees from Southeast Asia general says Russia still spying on ., avoids rough tactics Washington gence official said  a the gentlemen a methods �2ra _ Thod Quot of espionage _ mail and other pressure tactics of the defunct get senior russian Intelli that his country now prefer eschewing Black but it Gen. Vadim Kirichenko starting an official visit also made Clear that his country was still spying in the United states although less than the soviet Union did. A russian intelligence in the United states does no to do More than the . Does in Russia a Kirichenko told reporters at the Center for democracy a private organization that is a Host of his visit. Kirichenko is a top aide to Yevgeny Primakow head of Russia s foreign intelligence service a known by the russian abbreviation of syr a which was formed last year when the Kab was disbanded. He Heads a three member delegation on a visit to see members of Congress staff members of the congressional intelligence committees administration officials and  Cia and sir have been warily circling each other in recent months cooperating on such International issues As the illegal spread of nuclear weapons narcotics trafficking organized crime and terrorism. Cia director Robert Gates made an unprecedented visit to Moscow last november and Primakow May visit the United states this year. But . Officials said the cooperation wifi be limited As Long As the russians keep spying in this country. Kirichenko sought to play Down the extent of the espionage saying it was Only designed to gather info Matton on such matters As arms control. He also said his service was no longer involved in Funn eting Money to . Dissident groups in organizing demonstrations in the United states or in sowing disinformation about the United states a methods used by the Kab. Kirichenko who served As the first Deputy director of the first directorate the Kab Arm charged with foreign spying also described a change in methods. A we favor a gentlemen a method without pressure blackmail a he said. A we refuse to use rough methods with people we Are working  with unprecedented Candor Kirichenko said his two colleagues on the delegation a Yuri Kobal adze who Heads the Agency a Public affairs office and Konstantin Geyvandov who Heads the russian association of retired intelligence officials a had used journalistic covers during their careers. A asked about soviet a Sleeper Quot agents a moles buried deep in the United states a Kirichenko opted for levity. A in every Agency there is always someone sleeping and someone working.�?�. Grand jury refuses to indict Robb Norfolk a. A a grand jury tuesday declined to indict democratic sen. Charless Robb voting not to charge him in a political eavesdropping scheme aimed at gov. L. Douglas Wilder. A the outcome of the panels 18-month probe was announced by the Justice department in Washington. The grand jury investigated whether Robb participated in a plan to pm Robb Barrass Wilder by leaking a transcript of a secretly recorded Telephone conversation. In that 1988 cellular phone conversation Wilder then lieutenant governor boasted to a supporter that Robby a political career was Over. A Robb supporter picked up the Call by Chance while listening 011 scanning equipment. Though they Are both democrats Wilder and to have feuded for years Robb aides had hoped to show of Wilder was trying to undercut Robb who faced Allet tons of drug use and marital infidelity. Robb has Deni those charges. Robb has said he was aware of the recording and trs script but told his staff to keep the material secret. Three Robb aides pleaded guilty in the Case and h agreed to testify against the senator if he had been Indi de. Prosecutors had asked the grand jury to indict Robb charges of conspiracy to violate wiretap Laws and Obston Tion of Justice for allegedly lying to cover up his Invof ment the Washington Post reported tuesday. The grand jury had not met since mid december we Robb spent six hours before the panel. 1 he newspaper quoted sources As saying nothing in t Timony that Robb gave last month to the grand jury Cut Vinced prosecutors that the senator should not be charge within criminal wrongdoing. But the grand jury apparel disagreed. Robb 53, served As Virginia governor before was elected to the Senate in 1988. He is the son in Law the late president Lyndon b. Johnson