Embassies Fortified Yet Vulnerable to Attacks Abroad
U S and allied security measures at embassies worldwide include barriers metal detectors and armed guards but the Kenya and Tanzania bombings show attackers can breach defenses. Officials cite past Beirut 1983 1984 bombings highlighting ongoing vulnerability as governments tighten post attack security.
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Chechen president invites foreign investors for postwar rebuild
Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov told the 2nd International Islamic Unity Conference in Washington that foreign capital could aid reconstruction of highways airports and oil and agricultural facilities damaged in the 1994 1996 war. He seeks meetings with U S Congress members and American businesspeople to discuss investment and transit revenue from Caspian oil routes.
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Clinton signs job training bill in Rose Garden
President Clinton signs the Workforce Investment Act in the Rose Garden, creating a G I Bill style option for job training with vouchers and three state block grants. The law consolidates about 60 federal programs into model one stop career centers and requires local areas to host at least one center offering training employment services unemployment insurance and related programs.
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