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Senate approves Powell
as next secretary of state
by George Edda
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Senate For
eign Relations Committee on Thursday
approved retired Army Gen. Colin Pow
ell to be secretary of state in the incom
ing Bush administration.
There was no debate as the nine sen
ators present recommended the former
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
succeed Madeleine Albright as Ameri
ca’s chief diplomat.
Confirmation by the Senate is ex
pected Friday. ;
Powell is one of Bush’s least con
troversial Cabinet selections. Senators
from both parties showed great deference
toward Powell during his confirmation
hearing on Wednesday.
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., and sev
eral of his colleagues referred to Powell
as “Mr. Secretary” during the hearing.
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., admitted
he was dazzled as Powell outlined his
thoughts on missile defenses, the future
of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, tur
moil in Zimbabwe and the wisdom of us
ing sanctions as a tool for taming nations
that misbehave.
Biden called Powell’s 4 1/2-hour
performance a “tour de force,” not
ing that the former chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff fielded questions from
senators on a variety of complex issues
without the benefit of a briefing book
or refresher memos handed to him by
aides.
Despite the plaudits, the perfor
mance was less than perfect. At one
point, Powell referred to Russia as an
“Atlantic” country. At another, he sug
gested that Latin America was awash in
military dictatorships just 12 years ago.
There was only one at the time.
It’s not unusual for the Senate to
gush over nominees to be secretary of
state. Madeleine Albright became the
first woman to hold the job four years
ago, winning Senate confirmation 99
0, and Powell, the first black nominee,
may win unanimous approval as well.
The committee was not expected
to be as deferential toward Powell in
the coming months and years as it was
on Wednesday.
Democrats generally support rati
fication of the Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty and retention of the 1972 An
ti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the
Soviet Union. Most Democrats also op
pose a national missile defense.
On each of these issues Powell took
the opposing position.
“Wfe will not be asking for the Con
gress to ratify the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty in this next session,” Pow
ell said
Also, he said “The ABM treaty in
its current form is probably no longer
relevant to our new strategic frame
work. Wfe hope to persuade the Russians
of the need to move beyond it.”
And he said “Wfe also see weapons
of mass destruction at the top end of
missiles that are being developed by na
tions. We have an obligation to our
troops, an obligation to ourselves, an
obligation to our allies and friends to
move forward with missile defense.”
Biden challenged Powell on the
missile defense issue.
“I am concerned that we not un
dertake a precipitous rush to deploy a
national missile defense,” Biden said,
expressing agreement with President
Clinton’s decision last fall to defer the
deployment decision to the next pres
ident.
“Neither the technology nor the
diplomatic efforts had advanced far
enough, in my view, to warrant a de
cision to deploy at the time,” Biden
said.
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Jesse Jackson
admits fathering
illegitimate child
by Sonya Ross
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Civil rights ac
tivist Jesse Jackson revealed Thursday
that he had an extramarital affair that re
sulted in the birth of a daughter. “I fully
accept responsibility and I am truly sor
ry for my actions,” he said.
Jackson, a Baptist minister and one
time aide to Martin Luther King Jr., is
sued a statement admitting that he fa
thered the child, now 20 months old, and
has provided “emotional and financial
support” since her birth. “As her
mother does, I love this child very much,”
he said.
“I was bom of these circumstances,
and I know the importance of growing
up in a nurturing, supportive and pro
tected environment,” Jackson said. “So
f am determined to give my daughter and
her mother the privacy they both de
serve.”
The civil rights leader said he
would be stepping aside temporarily from
his public life.
Jackson did not say why he issued the
statement. His New York-based
spokesman, John Scanlon, said later that
Jackson acted to get out in front of an
ticipated tabloid reports about the child,
who Scanlon said was the result of an af
fair Jackson had with a woman who
worked in the Washington office of Jack
son’s advocacy group, the Rainbow-PUSH
Coalition.
“He’s obviously concerned for his
family, for his child and the child’s moth
er,” Scanlon said.
Ihe story was first reported by the
National Enquirer.
“This is no time for evasions, denials
or alibis,” Jackson’s statement said. “No
doubt, many close friends and support
ers will be disappointed in me. I ask for
their forgiveness, understanding and
prayers.”
Jackson, 59, was a steadfast presence
at President Clinton’s side as the presi
dent struggled with the public revelation
of his affair with Monica Lewinsky and
the impeachment proceedings that fol
lowed. He went to the White House to
pray with Clinton’s family on a grim
weekend in August 1998, as Clinton
admitted the truth to his wife and daugh
ter and, in a nationally televised speech,
to the nation. The child is reportedly 20
months old, meaning she could have been
conceived as early as July 1998 — a
month before his visit with president.
Rainbow-PUSH spokeswoman Keiana
Peyton said Jackson told headquarters
staff of the affair Wednesday, but “he did
not mention the time he spent with Pres
ident Clinton. He spoke only of his de
sire to face this situation head on and fo
cus on his family.”
Last August, Clinton awarded Jack
son the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s
highest civilian honor. At that time, Jack
son lavished praise on his wife, Jackie,
and his five children for supporting him
in his long civil rights career.
Jackson said his family was aware of
the situation with the child and was ex
periencing “an extremely painful, trying
and difficult time.”
“I have asked God and each one of ^
them to foigive me, and I thank each of
them for their grace and understanding
throughout this period of tribulation,”
Jackson said. “We have prayed together,
and through God’s grace we have been
reconciling.”
Jackson said he would be taking an
indefinite hiatus from his activist activi
ties, which included opposing the con
firmation of President-elect Bush’s at
torney general nominee John Ashcroft,
to “revive my spirit and reconnect
with my family.”
Jackson was noTavailable for com
ment Thursday.
On Wfednesday, he visited Xavier Uni
versity in Louisiana with his son, Rep.
Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., and went from
there to Chicago.
The younger Jackson issued a state- r(
ment Thursday appealing for the public
to “understand and respect our privacy”
as his family grappled with the situation.
“Over the course of nearly four
decades of marriage, my father and our
family have survived many dangers and
endured many crises and, with God’s help,
we hope to endure this one as well,” the
congressman said.
Scanlon said Jackson’s break from
public life would not be immediate. “Wfe’ll
honor some of the earlier commit
ments he had and... take a look at what
the other short-teim commitments are,”
the spokesman said.
“It is hard to measure the impact of
this personal tragedy on his public role,”
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said. He said
he has known Jackson for 30 years and
was surprised by the news.
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley called
it “a personal thing with his wife and his
family” and would not comment.
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