European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and Stripe Job wednesday. November 3,1993 it poll Calls for focus on Domestic woes Washington a the . Public believes the top goal of the country s foreign policy ought to be protecting american jobs a Survey has found. By a wide margin americans also want president Clin ton to concentrate on Domestic problem the times Mir ror poll showed monday. The Survey indicated that 73 percent of americans Are dissatisfied wit Ruthc stale of Domestic affairs and 81 per cent arc unhappy about the course of events overseas. The Survey also said Clinton lost support after 18 american soldiers were killed last month in Somalia. The times Mirror Center for the people & the press in a general population Sample of 3,200 and an additional 649 people identified As leaders in nine areas the Media business culture state and local government religion Academia foreign affairs defense and Security and science and engineering. The Survey also reported the responses from what it called America s influential by each group. It did not Combine them. On Many questions the views of the influential. Were far different from those of the general Public. The Public at Large is far less interested than the influential in having the United states play a greater world leadership role than other major nations. Most of the groups of influential supported the United states playing a More assertive leadership role than other major nations. But 51/pcfccnt of the Public Sample said the . Role should t be any More or less assertive than that of other nations. 1 one of the sharpest differences was on the question of whether . Forces should serve under . Command. A majority of each group of influential supported that idea Only 25 percent of the general Public approved. -. The Public is closely divided on the North american free Trade agreement with 46 percent in favor and 42 percent opposed. By contrast every group of the influential overwhelmingly favored the Naftal. A 76 percent majority of the Public wants Clinton to concentrate on Domestic policy Only 13 percent said he should stress foreign the same inward looking trend the Public Stop foreign policy goal was protecting the jobs of Ameri can ranking second was preventing the spread of nuclear weapons which was the top goal of All nine groups of leaders. When asked to Narne the most important problems fac ing the country 94 percent of the Public named Domestic Center conducted Telephone interviews with 2,000 people in the Sample of the general Public sept. 9-15. The results have a margin of error of 2 percentage Points in either direction. An additional 1,200 people were inter viewed Between oct. 21-24 to get a Reading on the Impact of the violence in Somalia. The margin of error in those interviews was 3 percentage Points. After the deaths in Somalia 44 percent said they approved of Clinton s Job performance and 42 percent said they disapproved. A month earlier 49 percent approved and 35 percent disapproved. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 3,1983 militiamen in be Ruit s Southern shiite neighbourhoods fought with the lebanese army de spite the convening of Geneva reconciliation talks state run Bruit radio said. 20 years ago f nov. 3,1973 president Nixon knew at least five weeks ago that two of the nine secret watergate tapes Jae agreed to surrender were a White House official Testi fied at a court hearing on the tapes. 30 years ago nov. 3,1963 vietnamese presi Dent Ngo Dinh diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were assassinated by rebel soldiers while being taken to a military Headquarters in an armoured personnel Carrier Mili tary sources said. 40 years ago nov. 3,1953 the . Air Force will eventually have stockpiles of atomic bombs stored in Spain for use against a common enemy air Force Secretary Harold e. Talbott said in Madrid. 50 years ago nov. 3,1943 virtually All Allied capitals hailed the Moscow agreements on prosecuting the War As a demonstration of Solidarity that would Speed the conflict s conclusion. World War ii 50 years ago today nov. 31.9�4-3 supported by heavy naval gunfire. British troops in Field marshal Bernard Montgomery s 8th army Battie their Way into the main German defensive positions outside san Salvo near Italy s Adriatic coast. On the Western Side of Italy s Central mountains. British forces attached to the . 5th army capture Sessa a Runca South us the ganglia no River. Source 2194 debt of War. W h. Smith push a inc. Wort almanac a of world of. Bison Book c same emf is i
