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Airline halts to address safety issue
FAA, ValuJet in chaos after crash
WASHINGTON— As ValuJet halted operations, the Clinton administration announced a shakeup at the Federal Aviation Administration, tightening inspection rules and retiring the agency's top enforcement official.
The Associated Press
Officials said that Anthony J. Broderick, the agency's longtime associate administrator for regulation and certification, was taking early retirement. The agency came under fire after the May 11 crash of a ValuJet
FAA Administrator David Hinson announced Broderick's retirement at a news conference, acknowledging that the FAA did not accurately judge the safety of ValuJet before the crash.
VaultJet, under pressure from the FAA halted operations at midnight Monday. Company officials said they hoped to be able to address the agency's safety concerns and resume flying in 30 days.
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Hinson said the new regulations are "an acknowledgement that we need to do it differently and in some cases more efficiently. Yes, we bear some responsibilities in this case."
"The FAA looked itself in the mirror," said Transportation Secretary Federico Pena. "It found that organizational and management changes were needed."
Hinson defended transportation officials' comments immediately after the crash that ValuJet was safe, stressing that the rapid expansion of commercial airline carriers has increased the agency's workload.
be back in operation within 30 days. ValuJet President Lewis Jordan said the airline would provide full refunds for ticket holders.
Hinson noted that the FAA was in the midst of a special review of ValuJet when the plane crashed, while others said the FAA acted too slowly.
The changes outlined were designed to ensure that repairs and general maintenance by airlines and outside contractors are more frequently and rigorously reviewed.
Darryl Jenkins, who teaches airline management at George Washington University, said that firing Broderick is the wrong move.
"The FAA is doing the worst possible thing in the world right now, firing a long-term public servant," Jenkins said. "They're going to lull people into thinking this was caused by a person, which it was not."
"It's the old story with the FAA — what took them so long?" aviation consultant David Stempler said. "This is as much an indictment of the FAA as it is of ValuJet."
Valujet called the FAA action "grossly unfair" and said it hoped to
But a relative of two of the crash victims was relieved that the FAA was acting now.
"I think it's wonderful," said Chau Jones of Rex, Ga., whose mother and stepfather were killed. "This has been a very hard thing to deal with, and I wouldn't want anyone else to deal with it.
Senators release conflicting reports
WASHINGTON — Ending a bitterly divisive 14-month investigation, Senate Democrats concluded yesterday that President and Hillary Rodham Clinton were blameless in Whitewater while Republicans suggested the first lady hid misdeeds and presidential aides lied.
The Associated Press
The special Whitewater Committee issued two reports — one from each party's senators — that disagreed on almost every major issue
The panel's 10 Republican senators suggested Mrs. Clinton was responsible for the disappearance of her law firm billing records, which turned up inside the White House living quarters two years after they were subpoenaed by prosecutors.
"Mrs. Clinton is more likely than any other known individual to have placed the billing records" in the White House reading room where they were found last August, the GOP report said.
The GOP report concluded that a "powerful motive" was fear that the public might learn of Mrs. Clinton's role as a private attorney advising a fraudulent savings and loan development called Castle Grande.
But the committee's ranking Democrat, Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, disagreed with his Republican colleagues. He
referred to their comments as venom directed at the first lady.
"The American people deserve to know, and now can take comfort in knowing, that this yearlong investigation shows no misconduct or abuse of power by their president or first lady," the Democrats wrote in a dissenting report.
Citing alleged discrepancies, the Republicans referred a few presidential aides to Whitewater criminal prosecutors to determine whether they lied in their testimony.
"History will judge these hearings as a revealing insight into the workings of an American presidency that misused its power, circumvented the limits on its authority and attempted to manipulate the truth," said committee chairman Alfonse D'Amato, R-N.Y.
Democrats said the referrals were nothing more than irresponsible claims of possible obstruction of justice.
The Republicans also alleged, contrary to regulators' conclusions, that the Clinton's were not merely passive investors in the Whitewater real estate venture.
"The special committee concludes that the Clintons took an active role in obtaining and extending Whitewater-related loans," said the Republican report.
Yeltsin gives Lebed top security post
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Boris Yeltsin won a powerful new ally yesterday, appointing Alexander Lebed as Russia's security chief. The retired general immediately attacked the president's Communist foes — then said he had prevented a military coup.
Yeltsin named Lebed, who finished a strong third in Russia's presidential vote Sunday, as secretary of his secretive Security Council and as national security adviser, giving him new, wide-ranging powers. Yeltsin also dismissed Defense Minister Pavel Grachev, a longtime foe of Lebed's.
Within hours, Lebed announced that he had prevented a coup attempt by top generals, and said he would bring the chaotic military under control. He also warned of political violence and promised a crackdown on crime and corruption.
"The situation in the country is very complex and explosive," he said at a news conference. "Whoever wants to defuse it must meet the danger face to face, even with a sword."
The appointment of Lebed is intended to boost Yeltsin's chances in a runoff against Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov. Lebed said the deal "would serve not only as the unification of politicians, but of the forces serving them." Yeltsin made a clear pitch to Lebed's voters, saying the appointment unified "two political programs."
Lebed's support didn't come cheap. As head of the Security
Council, he will oversee military and police forces and advise the president on major national security issues. Lebed said he also received additional powers, including the right to endorse personnel and structural changes in security organs.
Lebed said he visited the headquarters of several military units early yesterday, assuring himself of their "complete loyalty."
Lebed won a surprising 14.7 percent of the vote on Sunday, but it is unclear whether those voters will now switch to Yeltsin. Zyuganov looked grim after he learned of Lebed's appointment, and Communist leaders scrambled to dismiss the importance of the move.
Analysts say the military brass is loyal to Grachev, while most of their troops admire Lebed.
At the news conference, Lebed spoke grimly of an "approaching calamity" of political violence and accused top generals of plotting a coup against Yeltsin. He later toned down the charges, saying five generals were trying to persuade Grachev, the defense minister, to use force to oppose his dismissal.
"Lebed has no party behind him, no mass organization. Just a name," said Gennady Seleznoy, the Communist speaker of parliament.
"I am choosing the new idea. I'm deeply convinced that the majority of voters who understand me will make their choice," he said. "You can't go very far with old ideas."
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