Wednesday, November 10, 1999
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Security concerns alter Clinton's trip
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—In the aftermath of virulent anti-American demonstrations, aides were revising the schedule for President Clinton's visit this week to Greece — even though Clinton said he was not worried by the prospect of encountering protesters there.
Two administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said yesterday that U.S. and Greek officials were adjusting Clinton's schedule because of security concerns. One of them said changes involved matters such as when Clinton arrived in Greece and where he went. Both officials said the visit would not be canceled.
Clinton's visit is a matter of political and diplomatic sensitivity in Greece, where many people are angry about U.S.-led air strikes
a gainst Yugoslavia this year and believe that Washington has ignored their concerns about Balkan instability. The problem is complicated by a widespread feeling that the United States favors Greece's rival Turkey.
Clinton was scheduled to arrive in
Clinton: revised his schedule for his visit to Greece.
Greece on Saturday to launch an 11-day, four-nation European tour; After Greece, Clinton was to visit Florence, Italy and Bulgaria.
The president told reporters he was well aware of fervent anti-American sentiments that protesters had been expressing in Greece during the past few days.
"I think that the security issues will be fine," Clinton said. "Greece has a long and rich history of communists, anarchists (and) others on the left demonstrating. And they all disagreed with my position in Kosovo."
He said that the United States and Greece were allies, not only in NATO but also in many other important ways.
The schedule scramble came a day after Clinton declared that one of his
main foreign policy priorities was resolving tensions between Greece and Turkey concerning territorial rights in the Aegean Sea and the future of Cyprus.
According to an administration official, Greek officials suggested changing some of the schedule, so authorities could provide optimum security. The changes involved motorcade routes that were inadvertently made public in the Greek press, and some venues, the official said.
Clinton's trip to Greece comes just before the Nov. 17 anniversary of a 1973 crackdown on a student uprising against the then-military dictatorship. Many Greeks criticize the United States for its perceived role in supporting the junta, and Nov. 17 is traditionally a day of anti-American rallies.
Trump looks for support in presidential bid
Plan hinges on major tax hikes for wealthy
The Associated Press
GREENVILLE, S.C.— Seeking credibility for a potential presidential bid, Donald Trump said yesterday that he would soak the rich—including himself—with an enormous new tax to erase the national debt, save Social Security and cut taxes for the middle class.
Trump, a New York real estate tycoon with a net worth of about $5 billion, would increase his own tax bill by at least $252 million.
York office.
"It's a big hit for me, but again I think it's worth it," the potential Reform Party candidate said in a telephone interview from his New
In a brief outline of his plan obtained by The Associated Press, Trump pledged to make The United States entirely debt free as it enters the next millennium.
Trump would impose a one-time 14.25 percent tax on the net worth of people and trusts worth more than $10 million. Facing questions about the feasibility of the plan, he said he would allow wealthy Americans who had trouble liquidating their assets to pay the tax during a 10-year period.
The $5.7 trillion he expects to raise is about two-thirds of the nation's gross domestic product — a statistic sure to set off alarm bells in the financial community.
"If you think there is a bubble in the stock market, this is a sure way to prick it," said Mark Zandi,
chief economist of RFA Dismai Sciences, an economic consulting company in West Chester, Pa.
"Even talking about it would risk capital flight out of the country," added Andrew Hodge, senior vice president of the WEFA group in Eddystone, Pa. "It is pretty confidential in terms of property rights."
Trump, a long shot for the presidency, dismissed the doom-and-gloom scenarios. "It would not be a shock to the system," he said. "I've never seen paying off debt as being bad for the system."
He predicted a 35 percent boost in economic activity after elimination of the debt and the inheritance tax, and cuts in income taxes. "The wealthy would not suffer," he said.
Economics aside, Trump was seeking stature and attention with his first major policy proposal.
Known mostly for his wealth, lifestyle and monogrammed buildings, Trump wants to be taken seriously as a potential presidential candidate.
Avoiding the traditional scenes-setting speech, he unveiled the package in a series of telephone interviews yesterday.
The plan underscores his strategy of appealing to low- and middle-class Americans. Even amid an economic boom, Trump believes his class-conscious message will resonate with the millions of voters who are leery of America's economic and political elite.
"Trump is determined to put forward provocative ideas while he has the spotlight," said longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, who is heading Trump's exploratory committee.
Robot locates data recorder among Flight 990 wreckage
The Associated Press
NEWPORT, R.I. - Nine days after EgyptAir Flight 990 went down, a robot raised the hauved-up flight data recorder
— minus its "pinger" — from the ocean floor, yesterday.
Investigators at the National Transportation Safety Board began working on the tape immediately after it arrived by helicopter. Early readings were possible by late yesterday if the tape was not damaged.
The minivan-size robot Deep Drone found the box amid wreckage 250 feet below the surface. It was missing its pinger, the transmitter that emits a signal to help investigators find the recorder after an accident.
The tape could provide the best evidence of what caused the Boeing 767 to plunge into the sea off the Massachusetts island of Nantucket Oct. 31, killing all 217 people aboard.
"It will paint a picture of the aircraft moments before the accident," said James Hall, NTSB chairman. "In any aviation accident investigation, the most important information comes from the recorders."
The flight recorder captures information from 55 systems on the jet, telling investigators such things as the plane's altitude, speed, spin, roll, when electrical power was cut off and the autoilot functioned.
Deep Drone continued to search for the other "black box," the cockpit voice recorder, which contains tape of conversations between crew
members as well as discussions with air traffic controllers and any other sounds in the cockpit.
As the search continued, a Coast Guard helicopter flew above the crash site and dropped flowers that had been left at a memorial service Sunday by grieving family members.
Flight 990 took off from New York's Kennedy Airport for Cairo and fell 33,000 feet into the Atlantic about 60 miles south of Nantucket. No distress call went out from the crew. Investigators are looking into all possibilities, including mechanical failure, human error and sabotage.
Deep Drone, a veteran of earlier plane disaster recoveries, came across the bright orange flight data recorder about 5 a.m. yesterday and hauled it to the deck of the USS Grapple.
The remote-controlled robot focused on the pinging signal emitted by the recorder, but Navy technicians watching video of the wreckage spotted the recorder nearby and maneuvered the robot to retrieve it.
On deck, investigators were surprised to find the box was missing its pinger. The transmitter is installed outside the box, so that its signal can be picked up better, but that means it also can become detached.
In this case, the search for the other recorder was complicated because it was unclear whether a pinging sound that technicians were picking up was from the still-missing black box or from the detached transmitter.
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