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To: Stormweaver who wrote (4482)	4/19/1999 1:22:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 17770

NATO to deploy the ultimate weapon; mass casualties feared Mrs. Clinton to Visit Balkans By Ron Fournier AP Political Writer Monday, April 19, 1999; 12:11 p.m. EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, in New York for a trip largely designed to explore a potential Senate race, said today she plans to go to Albania and Macedonia to meet with refugees ''as soon as I'm given the green light to go.'' ''I think it is very important for me to go to Kosovo eventually, but I want to go when my going does not interfere with the work and in any way displace resources'' of the international community trying to help thousands of refugees fleeing from the fighting in Kosovo, she said. ''I've been asked to go. I've expressed my very strong interest in going and as soon as I'm given the green light to go, I intend to go.'' She made the remarks after meeting with the heads of several private foundations raising money to help the refugees. Mrs. Clinton's meeting with the foundations was the first event in a crowded schedule that seems designed to stoke interest in a potential Senate campaign. The first lady is expected to decide in June or July whether to seek the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Mrs. Clinton said she is seriously considering whether to run but insisted her schedule on this trip was a typical one for a first lady. ''I'm obviously still considering and exploring (the Senate race) and interested in doing so but right now I'm very focused on the situation in Kosovo.'' In a new poll, from Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion, 52 percent of New Yorkers polled said Mrs. Clinton should not run, up from 37 percent in a February survey. Forty-two percent of voters in the latest poll said she should run, down from 56 percent in February. The telephone poll of 512 registered voters was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. Because this was billed as an official White House trip, the taxpayers are paying for the first lady's travel. Her most recent foreign trip, a journey to North Africa that ended earlier this month, was also considered official business and paid with public funds. Mrs. Clinton said she might consider establishing an exploratory committee to defray the costs of her travel ''if it becomes appropriate.'' She also will be in New York Tuesday and Thursday, mostly for events unrelated, such as an education speech this afternoon at Columbia Teachers College.