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Jews Bullish
Dn Pickering

Tewish leaders reacted
)ositively to news that
Phomas Pickering will be
he next ambassador to
ussia.
Although Mr. Pickering,
ho was ambassador to
srael during the Reagan
ears, does not have close .
ies to the Soviet Jewry
ovement, he is considered
highly skilled professional
hose appointment guar-
ntees that the new ad-
nistration will focus con-
iderable attention on the
eteriorating situation in
ussia.
"It's going to be a very
icult time in Russia, and
hoever is in that position
ill have to be of the highest
caliber," said Mark Levin,
executive director of the Na-
ional Conference on Soviet
Jewry (NCSJ). "Pickering is
certainly in that category."
NCSJ, he said, is trying to
set up a meeting with the
new ambassador as soon as
possible.
But in a curious move, the
administration has ap-
pointed longtime Clinton
friend and Time magazine
columnist, Strobe Talbott, as
ambassador-at-large and
special adviser to oversee re-
lations with the former
Soviet republics. It is not
clear yet what kind of role
that will leave for Mr.
Pickering.

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A quiet battle is raging over
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ligious activists say
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minorities.
Supporters of the bill, led
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ferocious opposition that
stalled the bill last year.
The U.S. Catholic Con-
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lators not to support the
measure. Catholics claim
the bill would promote abor-
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President Clinton's recent
lifting of Reagan-era restric-
tions on abortion could in-
directly boost the bill. Said a
Capitol Hill aide, "Sudden-
ly, Catholics have their
hands full with the 'gag rule'
and the Freedom of Choice
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