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Since 1971
espite a surfeit of
rumors, most based on
the thinnest of
evidence, the rough
outline of Bill Clinton's
Cabinet and other major ap-
pointments is coming into
focus. It includes a number
of Jewish faces and other
potential appointees with a
history of close relations
with the Jewish community.
Washington sources in-
dicate that Madeleine M.
Kunin, who served as gover-
nor of Vermont from 1984 to
1991, will be Mr. Clinton's
energy secretary.
Ms. Kunin, a Jew, played a
major role in selecting Sen.
Albert Gore as Clinton's
running mate — a choice
that delighted the pro-Israel
community.
Martin Indyk, executive
director of the Washington
Institute for Near East
Policy, remains on the short
list for a high-level foreign
policy post. He is now work-
ing on a position paper on
the Middle East peace pro-
cess for the transition team.
Mr. Indyk's chances seem
to have survived a recent
Evans and Novak column
which referred to his earlier
position as research spe-
cialist for the American-
Israel Public Affairs Com-
mittee. And his reputation
as one of the smarter Middle
East analysts in Washington
appears to have impreSsed
the Clinton transition team.
Rep. Stephen Solarz,
D-N.Y., who lost his reelec-
tion bid this year in a
redrawn district, seems
headed for some post that
will tap his foreign affairs
expertise — possibly an im-
portant ambassadorship, say
sources here.
Recently, Mr. Solarz was
in Haiti, putting together a
position paper for the tran-
sition team. The president-
elect has promised quick ac-
tion on the problem of Hai-
tian refugees.
And former San Antonio
mayor, Henry Cisneros, one
of the nation's most promi-
nent Hispanic politicos, is a
sure bet for an important
domestic policy post, accor-
ding to Washington insiders.
"He's a charismatic leader
and has tremendous
substance," said Thomas
Neumann, executive direc-
tor of the Jewish Institute
for National Security Affairs
Stephen Solarz:
An ambassadorship?
(JINSA). "Although he has
been involved primarily on
the domestic front, he has
expressed strongly pro-Israel
views over the years and has
maintained a very good rela-
tionship with Texas' Jewish
community."
Bush Meets
Mideast Parties
Jewish groups generally ap-
plauded last week's decision
to send U.S. troops as part of
a United Nations effort to
safeguard relief efforts for
starving, violence-ravaged
Somalia.
But beneath the surface
was concern about how the
large-scale military under-
taking might affect the
fragile Mideast peace talks.
On one hand, the Ameri-
can intervention will pro-
vide a hard-to-ignore
reminder that there is more
to the presidency than just
the domestic agenda that
President-elect Bill Clinton
emphasized during the cam-
paign, said Gail Pressberg,
co-director of the Center for
Israeli Peace and Security in
Washington.
"The more the United
States plays an appropriate-
ly assertive role in world
crises," she said, "the more
it helps reassure all the par-
ties of the Middle East."
But, added William
Quandt, a Mideast expert
with the Brookings Institu-
tion, if U.S. forces get bogged
down in Somalia, it could
distract the new administra-
tion at a time when the
faltering peace process may
demand a stronger Ameri-
can presence.