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Administration officials and Capitol Hill sources insist there is no cause for concern, that it could take up to eight weeks for FBI background checks to be completed.
"Things are moving apace and not to worry," he said.
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Glickman, reached at his Washington home yesterday, said it's normal protocol for a Cabinet nominee to remain publicly mum before the actual confirmation hearings. But he did say there was nothing wrong.
WASHINGTON — Six weeks after President Bill Clinton nominated him for agriculture secretary, no Senate confirmation hearings have been scheduled for former Rep. Dan Glickman of Kansas.
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said the reports were false. Capitol veterans know the longer a nomination is drawn out, the more speculation begins to mount.
The Associated Press
Clinton announced Dec. 28 that Glickman was his choice to replace Mike Espy, who left the Department
"His background check is not complete and that has spawned a lot of rumors," said Mike Horak, press secretary for Sen. Nancy Kassebaum.
Agriculture nominee awaits hearing
Agriculture Department officials, in fact, say they've begun work on long-term planning for Glickman's arrival, including speech-writing and public appearances.
Some people were under the mistaken impression Glickman had undergone extensive FBI background checks when he became chairman of the House Intelligence Committee two years ago. Under the separation of powers, such executive branch checks aren't done on members of Congress, even those in sensitive positions.
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Late last year, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, R-Ind., indicated he hoped to schedule the hearings by the end of January. But the month came and went with no hearings, even as Glickman made the rounds among senators and seemed to enjoy broad bipartisan support.
There have been some rumblings of concern among certain senators. Alaska Sens. Ted Stevens and Frank Murkowski, both Republicans, have raised questions about some of Glickman's positions on national forests in their state, two Capitol Hill aides said.
Nothing has surfaced publicly that would seem to jeopardize Glickman's chances. Mark Schoeff, who represents Lugar, said it's simply a
"We're still waiting on the paperwork," he said.
question of bureaucracy.
Still, the lengthy process has started the rumor mill churning. U.S. News and World Report, in its Feb. 13 editions, reported the FBI is puzzled about a problem involving Glickman and a credit card that sources say was issued by the Democratic National Committee.
The delay has a very real impact as well. Congress has been awaiting Glickman's arrival to begin serious work on the 1995 farm bill, which will involve decisions about the future of many agricultural subsidy programs.
The magazine went on to say that USDA officials heard rumors Glickman might withdraw.
of Agriculture under an ethical cloud. Glickman served nine terms in Congress from Wichita before his surprise defeat in November.
Bytelephone yesterday, Glickman
"Sen. Lugar is eager to get started on the farm bill," said Minda Markle, who represents the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Chainsaw deaths verified in Columbia
The Associated Press
Authorities sent the man — Daniel Arcila, a fruitpicker from Trujillo — to a psychiatrist. He was judged a paranoid psychopath, and his claims were dismissed. A year later, Arcilla was arrested by security forces and hasn't been heard from since.
BOGOTA, Colombia — In April 1990, a man traveled from his village to the capital to tell officials an incredible tale: Soldiers and their paramilitary allies were torturing peasants and killing them with chainsaws.
Almost four years and more than 100 mutilated bodies later, the account by Arcila — now believed to be a victim of the soldiers he denounced — has gained credibility.
A report prepared by a joint commission of Colombian government representatives and human rights investigators linked the killings of 107 people in Trujillo between 1988 and 1991 to an army major, other soldiers and paramilitary members.
The report, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, slammed Colombia's judicial system. It recommended that the judge and psychiatrist involved in the botched handling of Arcila be investigated and that the accused killers be tried and, if found guilty, punished.
"Later, Maj. Urueca took a 2-inch hose, and the first he put it to was a 55-year-old lady, who began to shout: 'Don't you have children? For holy God's sake, what are you going to do to me?'
Arcia's testimony about water torture and beheadings — discarded as rubbish by prosecutors after they heard the psychiatrist's evaluation — were reprinted Monday in the Semana weekly news magazine.
The massacres chronicled in the report shocked Colombia — even after more than 30 years of guerrilla warfare, in which leftist rebels also have committed atrocities.
as the Trujillo massacre. The commission started its annual review of human-rights violations in the Western Hemisphere on Monday.
In Washington, the Organization of America States' human rights commission conducted a closed-door hearing yesterday that was expected to deal with what has become known
Government soldiers used Arcila, whose car had been commandeered by guerrillas, to identify suspected rebel collaborators. They didn't bother to send him away before killing them.
"What happened in Trujillo is monstrous. It's savage. Primitive. Barbaric," mourned a columnist in Monday's edition of El Tiempo, Colombia's most widely read newspaper.
"They were blindfolded ... and put into large coffee sacks," he said.
"The major repeated the same torture with everyone. Then he told one of the paramilitaries to get a chainsaw. Then he cut off their heads ... and later cut everyone into pieces." The accounts provoked horror in Colombia's media.
risti Pruitt is just 21, but when it comes to emergencies, she knows what she's talking about. That's because in addition to the 18 hours she's carrying at KU, she also carries a
pacemaker-a pacemaker which has caused her friends to rush her to the emergency department more than once during her college years.
So, Kristi knows expert emergency care when she sees it—medical professionals who have the knowledge and experience to move quickly and decisively. People who listen to her concerns. And this year, Kristi discovered those professionals—at the new LMH emergency department.
"I've been to the LMH emergency department a lot over the past 2 or 3 years, and it's different now," says Kristi. "The new doctors were right on top of things, asking me questions, running tests, investigating every possibility. And, they didn't blow me off or treat me like I was stupid. They really listened to me."
There is, indeed, a new group of emergency physicians at LMH. These are young, energetic career specialists who are trained in emergency medicine, trauma care and critical care. What's more, they understand what it's like to be hurting and afraid.
"I'M 21. I HAVE A PACEMAKER. I KNOW ABOUT EMERGENCIES."
"I went in crying and scared. I didn't know if I was having a heart attack or what, and they told me, 'We're going to take care of you, and you're going to feel better when you leave.' There's a whole new attitude there."
All of which demonstrates one thing. For professional, compassionate care, LMH's emergency department is keeping pace with the best of hospitals. Take it from Kristi.
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