Albright decries Elian custody fight and calls for parent care
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright voiced sadness over the Elian Gonzalez custody dispute calling it a terrible issue. She said a child should be with a parent and noted the boy survived a drowning while living with his Florida relatives. Albright also commented on visa issuances for Elian’s father and others in Cuba and discussed broader foreign policy topics.
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Juan Miguel Gonzalez
United States
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Florida
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Miami
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Albright
Vladimir Putin
Clinton
Putin
Iran
Kamal Kharrazi
Tehran
Iraq
Smithsonian chief pushes night hours with no museum fees
Lawrence M. Small, new Smithsonian head, urged opening all 16 museums and the National Zoo at night if funding allows. He opposed entrance fees, arguing Americans already fund the institutions via taxes and philanthropy, and called for federal, private donations, and corporate support to keep operations open after dark.
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Smithsonian Institution
National Zoo
Smithsonian
Shalala urges Congress to regulate tobacco under FDA supervision
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala pressures lawmakers to pass FDA regulation of tobacco, arguing an election year motive to protect kids. She published an op ed memo in Roll Call urging Congress to act after a Supreme Court ruling limited current authority and amid calls from anti tobacco lawmakers and presidential candidates to curb tobacco ads to youths.
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Texas
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Senate
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Teacher shot at Columbine presses for gun control bill
Patti Nielson, an art teacher grazed during the Columbine shooting, travels to Capitol Hill to urge passage of a stalled juvenile justice gun control bill. She cites child safety locks and background checks while noting the bill has been stalled over gun-show sale restrictions. Democratic and Republican aides blame each other for the impasse.
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Nielson
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Dylan Klebold
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