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_Nation & World_ McCain asks federal regulators to release all his correspondence by William C. Mann Associated Press Washington — Sen. John McCain, seeking to show he did nothing wrong in contacting federal regulators on behalf of big donors, said Sunday he is asking all federal agencies to release any corre spondence from him. McCain’s presidential campaign spokesman said the request is being chan neled through the Senate Commerce Committee, using the Freedom of Infor mation Act rather than a less formal re quest from McCain, R-Ariz., the com mittee chairman. Howard Opinsky, the spokesman, said the request covers all documents since 1983, when McCain began his first of two terms in the House. McCain said on CBS’ “Face the Na tion” the requests to make his corre spondence public would cover only the past 10 years or so. Asked for clarifica tion, Opinsky said McCain’s order to his staff covered his career in Congress, and the FOIA documents were drafted under that guideline. “This is a normal FOIA request that any American can make of any agency,” Opinsky said. Hundreds of documents released by his campaign show McCain wrote letters on behalf of more than a dozen contrib utors over the past three years to feder al regulators overseen by his committee. Among agencies he prodded were the Federal Communications Commission and the Transportation Department. As he has before, McCain said Sun day that his only motive was to help con stituents and other Americans affected by the agencies’ actions. Many of the letters were to push recalcitrant agencies to act on delayed in decision-making. Democratic presidential rival Bill Bradley, a partner with McCain in the push to overhaul campaign finance laws, told reporters Sunday he “had a practice of not intervening in regulatory matters. ” His Senate correspondence is archived at Princeton University. “Go take a look,” he invited. On ABC’s “This Wfeek,” former Sen ate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., defended his longtime colleague, Mc Cain. “I would guess if you searched the files of the 100 senators, they’ve all had letters like that,” Dole said. Appearing on the program with her husband, Elizabeth Dole, forced out of the race for the presidency this year by lack of money, said McCain had not acted inappropriately. “I mean, it’s not inappropriate to ask for your constituents that a decision be made. Up, down, what ever it is,” she said. ‘I mean, it's not inappropriate to ask for your con stituents that a decision be made. Up down, what ever’ Elizabeth Dole former presidential candidate Elian attends parade; protests on hold Associated Press Miami — Six-year-old Elian Gonzalez and his relatives watched a parade Sun day as citywide protests over plans to send him back to Cuba remained on hold The parade celebrated Three King’s Day, a'religious holiday commemorating the three kings who were said to have traveled to Bethlehem bearing gifts for the Christ child. It is traditionally cele brated in Hispanic nations. Elian sat beneath a multi-colored um brella with his relatives. They sat in bleach ers facing the parade route, which ran down Calle Ocho, the main street in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood Elian at times waved at the proces sion, a Cuban flag in one hand and a U.S. flag in the other. Mostly, the boy shot streams of colorful foamy string from a can. “It was a nice day to get him away from the routine,” said Armando Gutier rez, the family’s spokesman. “He saw things he never saw in his life. Things that if he was sent back to Cuba he will nev er see again.” The parade was a welcome celebra tion for the city, which earlier in the week was beset by protests and traffic slow downs incited by anti-Castro groups an gry over a federal decision to send the 6 year-old boy back to his father in Cuba. But the city was quiet Sunday, a day after Cuban-American leaders issued a temporary halt to the demonstrations. The leaders were encouraged by a law maker’s bid to keep Elian in the United States while a judge considers his case. , The U.S. Immigration and Natural ization Service said last week the boy should be sent back to Cuba by Jan. 14. President Clinton and Attorney Gener al Janet Reno have both indicated sup port for the ruling. Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., on Friday issued a subpoena to have the boy testi fy before a House committee Feb. 10, which likely delays the return of the boy. Speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Burton reaffirmed that his sub poena does have the force of bringing a person before his committee. “Now whether or not the INS will say that that does not supersede their au thority as a branch — part of the exec utive branch — to send that young man back, that’s something that we’re not sure of,” he said. Elian was found Thanksgiving Day clinging to an inner tube after his moth er, stepfather and others drowned at tempting to reach the United States. Ufie ^University of Soutfi Garofina \s Secondfflnnuaf Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service ____ January 17,2000 hi i- wm —■ —| —i w ' Life’s persistent and most urgent question is, what are you doing for others? -Martin Luther King, Jr. A new tradition began on January 18, 1999 when over 750 faculty, staff and students gathered to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for one of the nation’s largest Day of Service celebrations. You are invited to continue the commitment and kick off the new year during the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. 9 a.m. Kick Off and Registration Russell House University Union For more information call 777-6688. Sponsored by the Office of Community Service Programs, Department of Student Life, Divison of Student and Alumni Services Clinton asks for more family planning funds Associated Press Washington — Federal spending for contraception and other family plan ning services in the United States would rise by $35 million, the laigest increase in two decades, under a proposal Sat urday by President Clinton. The president said the program will promote strong children, healthy fam ilies and make abortion less frequent at home and abroad. In his weekly radio address, Clin ton said his 2001 budget proposal will include $35 million more for such services in the United States. The White House said the money will not pay for abortions. It is aimed instead at helping to pre vent unwanted pregnancies among poor women, teen-agers and women with re duced access to health care. “By making sure women have fam ily planning choices, we are helping to make abortion more rare,” Clinton said. The proposed increase would bring the total administration proposal for family planning in the United States to $274 million for next year, the White House said. The money would be shared among 4,600 clinics nationwide and would pay for what the White House called “the full range of reproductive health ser vices,” including keeping contracep tives available and affordable. It also would pay for teen-age counseling in cluding support for educational pro grams “that encourage young people to postpone sexual activity.” “These services make a critical dif ference in people’s lives,” Clinton said. The White House said the money will help prevent more than one million un intended pregnancies a year. Clinton also is seeking $169 million in new money for family planning and counseling services overseas. That amounts to a 45 percent increase over the fiscal 2000 budget. “I am asking Congress to support these funds, and to provide them without restrictions that hamper the work of family planning organizations, and even bar them from discussing or debating reproductive health policies,” the president said. As part of a deal last year to per suade Congress to release $926 million in back payments to the United Nations, the administration reluctantly accept ed restrictions on $385 million in fed eral funds for groups that perform abor tions, or lobby for liberalized abortion laws internationally. 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