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To: Chas. who wrote (16966)	8/30/1998 9:26:00 AM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116815

Time to look very seriously at Defence/Military sector :< We have run-out of that generouse "piece" divident

To: Chas. who wrote (16966)	8/30/1998 9:31:00 AM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116815

World changed much while Clinton vacationed 06:35 a.m. Aug 30, 1998 Eastern By Randall Mikkelsen EDGARTOWN, Mass (Reuters) - Since President Clinton left for vacation, the United States has launched a new-style war on terrorism, global stock markets have plunged and Russia has lurched toward collapse. Furthermore, the president has faced enormous criticism over his televised confession of an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, leading him to acknowledge a need to seek forgiveness from ''a family, an administration, a Congress and a whole country.'' But asked Saturday, while taking a stroll through town on his last full day of vacation, whether he was looking forward to getting back to work, Clinton said, ''yes.'' Clinton on Sunday returns to Washington from the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where he has spent nearly two weeks healing his marriage and plotting his political comeback after his Aug. 17 speech admitting an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky. Clinton will remain in Washington for a day then leave for a summit with Russian president Boris Yeltsin in Moscow, which U.S. officials acknowledge is gripped by a political uncertainty high even by Russian standards. The turmoil in Russia, brought on by its inability to deal with a deepening financial crisis and Yeltsin's firing of his government a week ago, shook investor confidence around the world and sent share prices plummeting. At the summit Clinton will try to bolster the immediate stability of Yeltsin's government, while urging it along the path to financial reforms and seeking to develop ties with prospective leaders of an eventual post-Yeltsin Russia. The war on terrorism, launched by Clinton when he interrupted his vacation last week to announce cruise missile strikes against what he said were suspected terrorist targets in Sudan and Afghanistan, further clouded a picture of prosperity and peace that has helped support Clinton's popularity despite scandal. Nevertheless, White House aides said they are confident Clinton can continue to lead effectively. ''There are challenges around the world ... but the president has demonstrated over the last six years that these are challenges he is stepping up to and knows how to deal with, and will not shrink from,'' a White House aide said. Referring to foreign policy, the aide said, ''We live in a complicated and changing world, and there are obviously limits to what an outsider can do. But we've got a foreign policy that advances U.S. interests and has also made the world a safer place.'' On the economy, he said, ''I'm not an economist, but everything I've read says the fundamentals are still strong.'' Clinton's biggest domestic challenge is restoring his political standing after his confession, which shocked some loyal supporters and drew criticism from some members of both parties for failing to express adequate contrition. Special prosecutor Kenneth Starr appeared near the end of his investigation into whether Clinton illegally sought to hide an affair with Lewinsky. Clinton has denied the allegation. The president emerged near the end of the week to make a policy speech in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was treated to a well-staged show of support from state Democrats and cheering crowds, but the president also appeared weary and a number of protesters outside the speech diverted attention. But in the more emotion-charged environment of a commemoration of Martin Luther King's August 1963 ''I Have a Dream Speech,'' vows of solidarity from prominent African Americans, including Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, brought tears to Clinton's eyes Friday. The president again stopped short of apologizing for his affair with Lewinsky, but he forecast he would get ''a lot of practice'' in requesting forgiveness and laid out a view that the road to redemption required seeking forgiveness as well as giving it. ''And all of us -- the anger, the resentment, the bitterness, the desire for recrimination against people you believe have wronged you, they harden the heart and deaden the spirit and lead to self-inflicted wounds,'' he said. ''And so it is important that we are able to forgive those we believe have wronged us, even as we ask for forgiveness from people we have wronged.'' Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited.