European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes . Sunday March 7,1993 Clinton choices Irving conservatives by the los Angeles times Washington a mounting anger among some conservative democratic foreign affairs advisers about a perceived leftward turn of Clinton administration policy erupted into View Friday As a group met with the president s National Security adviser to press for More top administration jobs. The counsel David Ushin have watched in increasing Comfort As the administration has begun filling out the state department with moderate liberals. They contend that the tilt of the department Contra diets Clinton a Campaign Promise that he would be a Quot new kind of Democrat Quot a a vow that led Many to abandon the republicans and give Linton a winning margin they argue. Group which includes former Clinton Campaign f David Ifshin have watched in increasing Dis Quot ultimately this will Hurt him politically Quot said a person who shares the groups ideological views. Quot it will be used to prove its a myth that this is a new democratic party and that the old internal schisms have been  meeting at the White House with National Security advisor Anthony Lake and his Deputy Samuel Berger were Ifshin foreign policy analysts Joshua Murawchik and Penn Kemble and Peter r. Rosenblatt president of coalition for a democratic majority. They have agreed with the anti communist views of the Bush and Reagan administration s foreign policy during the 1970s and 1980s, Are staunch defenders of Israel and have sometimes been labelled Neo conservatives. Ifshin described the meeting not As a Quot Gripe session Quot but an Quot Effort on both sides to find a solution to this problem. Quot there a no bad Faith Here but there Are a lot of co implicated issues a he said. The Linton Campaign wooed voters with moderate to conservative foreign polity views with arguments that it would not represent solely the ideological heirs of the democratic party a anti War Wing. Such figures As retired adm. William j. Crowe former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff stood up for Clinton to help dispel voter doubts that a candidate with a Controvert Sia draft record was weak on defense. But As the slate of senior foreign policy officials at the state department has begun to fill out some observers believe it has a More Liberal cast particularly on the defining Issue of How Force should be used to revolve International conflicts. White House bows to judge hearing suit Washington a the Clinton administration promised Friday to Tell a Federal judge in Advance of meetings by the White House task Force planning an overhaul of the nations health care system. . District judge Royce Lamberth asked for the Courtesy while he ponders a suit by three groups to remove White House secrecy surrounding the panels work. A a because the task Force is chaired by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton who is neither a Federal official nor employee closed meetings Are illegal under the 1972 Federal advisory committee act or Fada the suit alleges. President Clinton has strongly defended letting the task Force and its 340-member a working group Quot of employees from various agencies and consultants temporarily put on the Federal payroll work in private. Allowing open press coverage and letting the Public in would Quot be like opening the White House to every staff meeting we have a he said. But Quot that a the Price you pay a under the Law when a president appoints his wife to head an advisory task Force Lamberth was told Friday by Kent Mas Terson Brown a Lexington ky., attorney representing the three plaintiffs in the suit. Brown said the Kennedy anti nepotism act passed in reaction to president Kennedy a appointment of his brother Robert As attorney general prohibits a president from putting relatives in powerful jobs. Allison Kosluk 4, Arkansas ambassador for the March of dimes greets first lady Hilary Rodham Clinton at a March of dimes gathering in Little Rock ark., last week. Cunt on Heads a task Force on the nations health care system. Clinton defends plans for new spending Washington a president Clinton saturday defended his proposals for $160 billion in new Federal spending initiatives Over four years As Money Well spent to Makey Merica Quot smarter safer and More secure Quot in his weekly radio address from the Oval office Clinton said critics of his plan Quot Lack the vision Quot to see that such spending is needed to help the country create More jobs and strengthen the Economy. Quot every investment we make is paid for Dollar for Dollar by spending cuts in existing programs Quot Clinton said. Quot every investment is designed to make us smarter safer and More secure now and in the Long  Clinton a economic plan includes a blend of budget cuts tax increases and new spending initiatives designed to re Duce the deficit by $325 billion Over four years while changeling new Money into lob creating projects such As Road and Bridge repairs increased Money for head Start childhood immunization summer jobs worker apprenticeship and training and new tax incentives for businesses. Critics have said the plan contains too Many tax increases too much new spending and not enough budget cuts. Linton said his new spending initiatives would help America Quot meet the challenges of the new Economy with an Arsenal of new  Quot clearly we have to change Quot Clinton said. Quot we have to have the courage to Cut spending and the Wisdom to invest our new resources wisely. We can to do nothing but we  do one without the  Clinton s address came As the White House and congressional democrats were disowning a suggestion by the presidents budget chief that lawmakers seeking deeper spending cuts could consider trimming retirement benefits. Quot that is not something we re considering Quot White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers said Friday hours after budget director Leon e. Panetta raised the idea in an interview with the associated press. Panetta said in the interview that lawmakers looking for additional budget savings could revisit the already discarded plan to trim annual Cost of living increases for social Security recipients As Well As other retirement programs. The Clinton administration advanced the idea earlier this year but it died after congressional democrats complained it would disproportionately Hurt poor people. Increased Aid for Russia is planned by newday Washington a president Clinton declared his intention Friday to Quot More aggressively engage Quot the United states in russians economic and political revitalization at a Summit april 3 and 4 with russian Leader Boris n. Yeltsin in Vancouver British Columbia. Quot obviously Money will be discussed but it is not just a question of Money and its certainly not Money alone Quot Linton said of the Summit. Quot i can Tell you we be Linton and his advisers discussed some rather innovative things that have not yet been on the table in these discussions in the  addressing another foreign policy priority at a news conference Friday Linton disputed charges that . Airdrop in Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina were intensifying serbian attacks on the Muslim population in that embattled nation. Linton also reported Quot some indication Quot that Progress was being made in the talks to end the fighting. At a subsequent press briefing White House communications director George Steph Nopoulos said separate teams from the state department and the department of the Treasury were in Europe reviewing methods to intensify the  embargo a aiming to Cut off goods headed to Serbia Overland and blocking the serbs International Money transfers needed to pay for imports. Steph Nopoulos defending the effectiveness of the embargo announced that five serbian ships had been seized within the last month including one Friday morning off the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean that was carrying serbian arms apparently bound for Somalia. The White House spokesman also claimed Success for efforts to Block shipments headed for Serbia along the Danube River. But when asked How these sanctions were aiding the bosnian muslims under attack Steph Nopoulos said Quot Well we Are producing results when we do any thing to limit Serbia s ability to create goods in the Long run when we limit their ability to get financing. We Over time will be inhibiting their ability to carry on the  Clinton told reporters that he agreed with the Quot general thrust Quot of an essay by former president Nixon that called for increased support for Russia despite the american Public a focus on Domestic issues. Nixon predicted that Quot without a substantial increase in Aid from the West the Yeltsin government will not  later Steph Nopoulos said Clinton spoke to Nixon by Telephone recently for a half hour about the situation in Russia. Clinton will meet with Nixon before the Summit though no Date was announced Meph Nopoulos added