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Bush defends election
PANAMA CITY, Fla.
President Bush scolded Florida Democrats who questioned the legitimacy of his election during his first presidential visit to the scene of last year's legal battle over the White House.
"Americans want to move forward," he said yesterday.
The Associated Press
Amid talk on Capitol Hill that he will be forced into concessions on his tax cut legislation, Bush also defended the target juiciest to his opponents — his proposal to drop the income tax rate on the wealthiest Americans from 39.6 percent to 33 percent.
"I know that's created a lot of howling in Washington," Bush said. "... The whole notion of dropping the top rate is to stimulate growth in the small-business sector of America."
He urged Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce members in Florida to contact their Washington representatives in support of the income tax bill that passed the House and will, most likely, be rewritten in the Senate.
Brandishing a yellow pen, Bush said he would not back down. "I'm going to argue until I get a bill to sign. It's out of the House, come on out of the Senate, and I'll sign it."
"Instead of sending people your check, why don't you send them your check and send them an email while you're at it?" he suggested.
During the weekend, Republican officials floated the idea that Bush was considering a lesser cut for that top income bracket.
The crowd inside the Marina Civic Center wildly cheered
Bush and his brother Jeb, the Florida governor whose role in last year's recount controversy is featured in a new $20,000 state Democratic party ad campaign on Tallahassee and Panama City TV stations.
"Jeb Bush didn't stand up to count Florida's vote right, and George Bush's budget undermines prosperity. Bush fuzzy math. It doesn't add up," the spot concluded.
The president, in a brief exchange with reporters, responded to the ad. "Some of the Democrats here want to keep re-voting the election. But if they would listen to America, they would find that Americans want to move forward," he said. Not so for the handful of demonstrators outside Bush's invitation-only speech.
"There will be questions about his legitimacy for the next four years," promised Bill Boyd.
"Jeb Bush delivered Florida to his brother George, and now we're paying the price," said the ad, criticizing the president's tax cuts for spending a projected budget surplus that may or may not materialize.
Another demonstrator, Matthew McDonough, sniffed at Bush's insistence that the country has forgotten about the acrimony of his 36-day battle with former Vice President Al Gore, which was finally resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Bygones being bygones' is clearly not going to solve the American crisis of counting votes and having every vote counted," McDonough said.
At Tyndall, where Bush reiterated promises of better military pay and housing. Marie
Mayfield said there was "probably nothing" that could heal the Democrats' wounds in Florida. As someone who voted for Bush, Mayfield worried, "If we don't accept his legitimacy, he won't be able to be an effective leader."
Bush came to Florida hoping to sway the state's two Democratic senators, Bill Nelson and Bob Graham, to back him on tax cuts. Both declined a White House invitation to join Bush.
While vigorously defending his tax proposal on stage, Bush repeated to reporters yesterday that when it comes to the 100 members of the U.S. Senate, "I'm willing to listen to the hundred different voices who've got different views about where this package ought to go."
This area's congressmen,
Democrat Allen Boyd and
Republican Joe Scarborough
did accompany the president as
he toured airman Donnie Bryant's modest home on base and then, behind closed doors,
entertained questions from a dozen base families.
On the civic center stage, Scarborough was the only official to dare allude to the Florida election controversy.
"It's your chance to give the commander in chief a few suggestions," Bush said. Gesturing to his brother, the president quipped, "If you've got any problems, write him."
Referring to TV networks who called the state's election night tally for Gore before polls closed in the panhandle's Central time zone, Scarborough joked, "We're not only the land that time forgot, we're the land that the TV networks forgot."
Submarine trial continues
Admiral blames commander for collision with ship
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The failure of USS Greeneville Cmdr. Scott Waddle to detect a Japanese trawler through his periscope led to the fatal collision between the two ships, the head of the Pacific Fleet's submarine force testified yesterday
The Associated Press
Konetzni took the stand as a Navy court of inquiry into the Feb. 9 accident entered its second week. He called Waddle "one of my best friends," but also squarely placed responsibility for the accident on the commander's shoulders.
"This is the meat of the matter: The commander officer ... has the absolute obligation to make sure the area is free," said Waddle's boss, Rear Adm. Albert Konetzni. "That's what caused this collision, plus the fact that the stars and the moon and a few other things weren't going right."
The investigative hearing could lead to courts-martial of Waddle; the Greeneville's executive officer, Lt. Cmdr. Gerald Pfeifer; and the officer of the deck, Lt. j.g. Michael Coen.
The submarine was demonstrating a rapid-surfacing drill for 16 civilian guests when it rammed the Ehime Maru and sent it plunging to the ocean floor. The vessel, carrying 35 people, was on an expedition to teach high school students the
commercial fishing trade. Nine people, including four students were killed.
A Navy investigator testified last week that several factors contributed to the accident, including a communications barrier created by the civilian guests being crammed into the control room.
Konetzni dismissed that, however, insisting the civilians had nothing to do with the collision.
Voicing his support for civilian ride-alongs, Konetzni said thousands of guests had previously toured submarines safely. He called the public relations program critical for "understanding what our sailors are doing."
He admitted, however, that this particular tour probably shouldn't have gone forward because a training mission it was to coincide with was canceled.
Konetzni said the collision came down to Waddle's inability to see the Ehime Maru through his periscope and that sonar operators didn't have enough time to properly analyze data tracking surface vessels.
Coen and Waddle performed an 80-second periscope search at depths of 60 and 58 feet. Testimony has shown periscope scans are typically done in three minutes and that the officers had several more feet available on the periscope that they didn't use.
"You'd better get as much pole out there as you possibly can, because that's your obligation." Konetzii said. "It's a team endeavor, and when the team doesn't work right, bad things happen. Time allows integration of the team."
"The commander officer
...has the absolute obligation to make sure the area is free."
Albert Konetzni head of Pacific Fleet's submarine force
The Greeneneville's fire control technician had data showing another ship was close but never reported it. He told investigators he had assumed his data was incorrect when Coen and Waddle reported seeing no other boats during the periscope search. He also said the civilians had blocked his access to the officers
The technician, Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Seacrest, and the sonar room supervisor have been appointed military attorneys at their request, the Navy said yesterday. The three admirals presiding over the court of inquiry could name additional parties to the investigation at any time.
Also under scrutiny during the hearing has been Capt. Robert Brandhuber, Konetzani's chief of staff. Brandhuber accompanied the civilians aboard Greeneville and was the senior officer on the ship. The court panel has questioned whether he should have sensed something was amiss and stepped in.
Konetzi defended Brandhuber, saying he was in the back of the control room during the maneuver and didn't know anything unsafe was happening.
Zapatistas campaign for Indian rights in Mexico
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — After a triumphant arrival in Mexico City, the Zapatista rebel entourage pitched camp at local universities and turned to lobbying legislators for passage of a major Indian rights law yesterday.
Members of a congressional commission were to meet with the 24 rebel leaders late yesterday to discuss details of the bill, which was written to enact a 1996 agreement between the government and the Zapatista National Liberation Army.
"Let's hope that these senators, these lawmakers gain sensitivity and make the right decision," Comandante Zebedeo, one of the rebel leaders, said during a meeting between the Zapatistas and intellectuals, which took place on a Mexico City soccer field.
The event—a combination political rally and academic seminar featuring Mexican and European writers and scholars—followed the tumultuous welcome the rebels received upon their arrival in Mexico City's main square Sunday, after a two-week bus tour though southern Mexico.
"The dialogue has already started," Sen. Rutilio Escandon told the Televisa television network yesterday morning, referring to informal talks last week with a Zapatita representative.
"There have to be changes, to improve it. We do not want (legal) exemptions or special privileges," he said.
The Indian Rights and Culture Bill had been stalled in Congress since legislators drafted it, shortly after the agreement was reached with the rebels.
The Zapatistas quickly endorsed the proposal, but former President Ernesto Zedillo balked, claiming it went beyond the agreement and had loose wording that could endanger Mexico's sovereignty and unity. Claiming the government had reneged, the Zapatistas walked out of peace talks.
President Vicente Fox, who took office Dec.1, endorsed the measure and immediately sent it to Congress.
The rebels' two-week caravan, which climaxed Sunday with a rally of 75,000 people in Mexico City, was meant to promote the bill, as well as to gain sympathy for their cause.
Passage of the law is only one of several rebel demands to renew talks. Although Fox has closed some army bases and helped free scores of Zapatista prisoners, the rebels want more bases closed and more prisoners released.
The bill would let Indian communities make laws and elect officials using traditional practices such as village meetings, rather than by balloting. It also demands radio stations in Indian languages, bilingual schools and proportional representation for Indians in legislatures.
Sen. Carlos Rojas told Televisa he thought legislators could achieve "a law on Indian rights that satisfies the Indians ... and that preserves the unity of the country and the constitution.
"We have be very careful not to create exemptions or states within states. We do not want to create reservations."
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