European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the star9 and stripe3 . Monday january 25,1s93 to arrange by the new York times Washington president Clinton and russian president Boris a Yeltsin spoke by Telephone saturday and agreed to arrange a Summit. White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said Clinton and Yeltsin had agreed that Secretary of state Warren a Christopher and russian foreign minister Andrei v. Kozarev would meet to work out the details. Yeltsin s office said the two leaders had agreed to hold their Summit in a third country but Myers said no decisions had been made on the timing or to cation of the proposed Summit she said that the two had also discussed a Quot Range of economic and foreign policy issues and that Clinton had reaffirmed his support for Yeltsin s economic reforms. The two men spoke by Telephone during Clinton s transition and had decided then to get together in person sometime after Clinton s inauguration. Yeltsin initially called Clinton in january and Clinton took the Call but put the request on the Back Burner. He told Yeltsin then that he would like very much to plan a meeting but that Domestic concerns were among his first priorities he told Yeltsin that he had to present his Domestic Agenda and persuade Congress to begin work on business considered urgent at Home. Clinton also declined invitations for Early meetings with prime minister John major of Britain and other foreign leaders who had sought to begin a dialogue with his fledgling administration. Clinton also spoke for 10 minutes with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel in response to a congratulatory letter from the israeli Leader upon Clinton s inauguration. Quot Rabin is planning to visit the United states sometime in March and is hoping to have a Summit then with Clinton. Gad Ben air Rabin s Media adviser was quoted As saying Clinton had told the israeli Leader Quot that he would work with Israel to promote peace in the Middle  Washington up a drug tests for senior White House staff members have been put off until feb. 1$ for a administrative reasons a president Clinton s Spok woman said. Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers confirmed the Washington times report that drug testing rules for top ranking White House personnel have been waived for a month to permit the aides to get settled in their jobs. The waiver was issued by Bruce Lindsey the White House personnel director for new  during the transition. The urine tests ordered first in the Reagan administration and continued in the Bush White House were to deter mine whether there was any involvement in cocaine marijuana or other drugs. Meantime rep. Joe Barton a Texas on Friday called on Clinton to direct his senior staff to immediately submit to drug tests a to Clear up the Issue.�?�. Barton said it takes a month to Clear the blood of drug use. A if they have nothing to hide it won t matter and if they do they should t serve a Barton said. A the american people must have the Confidence that those running our country have drug free minds especially when critical judgment is necessary for important matters of National Security a Barton said. Seat of government president Clinton sits at the a a Resolute desk in the Oval office on saturday during a meeting with Robert e. Rubin chairman of the National economic Council the desk was carved from the timbers or the Resolute a British vessel that ran aground in . Waters in the 1850s. The vessel was re floated and returned to England. In gratitude the British had a desk made from planks of the ship and gave it to the United states. Presidents Kennedy and Reagan also used the desk. President Bush during his four years in the Oval of face used the same desk that he had used As vice president. A Laurel my. Apr president Clinton s Mother Virginia Kelley wrapped up her inaugural week in Washington on saturday with a visit to nearby Laurel race course and picked three winners in the first six races Kelley got a tour of the course from track executives and a tip on the fourth race from Trainer Eddie Gaudet. His horse yen of the Irish finished first and paid $7 to win. A i m enjoying the afternoon a Kelley said As she made her Way to the clubhouse wagering window. A i enjoy horse  track officials confirmed that Kelley bet on the horse but did not know How much. Indeed she had two other winners in the first six races. Kelley a regular Patron at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas said she plans to attend this Springs Kentucky Derby a a in be already been invited Quot she said. As for a trip to Maryland a other track Pamlico for the Preakness  asked if the president might accompany her to Churchill Downs for the Derby she said it was unlikely a the s a lot busier than i am a she said at the races Kelley watched saturday s races from a Box in the clubhouse. Even that seemed a bit hectic for her though. A for my handicapping i need it to be quiet Quot she said. Meanwhile Clinton topped off his week of inaugural parties with a another party. Clinton  quite squeeze it into his inaugural schedule but the hosts obliged them by rescheduling it for saturday night. So the president and first lady spent their first saturday night in Washington at a private party thrown by former unidentified colleagues from Yale University. That is where the couple first met Pentagon to reconsider Star wars test launch Washington a the Pentagon has agreed to take another look at a planned nuclear reactor test in space to ensure it does not interfere with astronomical satellites scientists said saturday. �?o1 feet they a trying to respond to our concerns and i am encouraged by it a said Don q. Lamb an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago who attended a meeting with Pentagon officials in the Issue last week. Lamb said the strategic defense initiative organization the Agency responsible for the a Star wars missile defense system agreed to delay for six months any Fina decisions on its launch of a russian made Topaz 2 nuclear reactor the organization plans to put the reactor in orbit in december 1995 for a $150 million test of new technologies for generating electricity for missile de sense monitors in space a key Issue with the astronomers is the reactors Altitude when the tests Are conducted. The original plan Calls for an Altitude 1,000 Miles above the Earth a surface. At that height said Steven Aftergood a senior research analyst at the federation of american scientists radiation from the reactor could seriously disrupt the operations of the american Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and other scientific satellites. He said the Topaz produces artificial Gamma Ray signals and other charged particles that would affect the ability of the scientific satellites to Register Gamma Ray signals from celestial bodies such As Black holes. The astronomers have urged the organization to put the reactor into an orbit 3,700 Miles above the Earth to avoid interfering with the scientific observations