2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 26, 1995 s o v/X0..9 White House may get Whitewater subpoena Clinton says he will veto GOP budget Daily Wire Services WASHINGTON - Republicans on the Senate Whitewater committee said yesterday that the Clinton administra- tion has delayed turning over poten- tially incriminating telephone records and has shredded Treasury Department documents that could relate to their investigation. Chairman Alfonse M. D'Amato (D-N.Y.) said the committee would take the unusual step today of voting to subpoena the White House for records it is seeking. At a special meeting, D'Amato out- lined new information that he said casts doubt on the truthfulness of several witnesses in this summer's hearings into the handling ofdocuments in deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster's office after his suicide two years ago. The committee will issue subpoenas recalling two of those witnesses next week: first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief of staff, Margaret Wil- liams, and the first lady's close friend, Susan Thomases. Republicans said newly obtained phone records suggest Mrs. Clinton was very likely involved in the decision to prevent Justice Department officials and law enforcement authorities from searching Foster's office for clues to 71 5 N. University ]1 662-4700 he H ealthy, Delicious Choice i Low-Fat and FatFree Foods Deli Sandwiches Pasta, Fruit, and Vegetable Salads Croissants Muffins,; Cookies, Scones Try Our New Breakfast Bagexpires: 12/31/95 m m mnm m his death. The White House has denied Mrs. Clinton was involved, and both Williams and Thomases testified that they did not speak with her about the documents in Foster's office. D'Amato said the White House has engaged in "an obvious pattern of de- lay" in turning over the thousands of records sought by the Senate. "We will not let the Clinton White House toy with this committee any longer," he said. He also suggested the committee may have to call Mrs. Clinton to testify to resolve questions about her conver- sations with Thomases and Williams after Foster's death. D'Amato's actions yesterday repre- sented a sharp departure from efforts to date to avoid offending committee Democrats, a posture that has drawn criticism from some in his own party. Indeed, committee Democrats com- plained that Republicans had a new level ofpartisanship into the investiga- tion. They said the committee's requests to the White House had been "overly broad." In the end, though, some said they would agree to the subpoena if its scope could be narrowed. The panel recessed until this morning as lawyers worked out the subpoena language. D'Amato said that in the future all documents and witnesses would be sub- ject to subpoena, to put an end to delays and impose sanctions for withholding requested records. Among the records the committee requested Aug. 25 but has not received are e-mail messages on subjects that include the Clintons' Whitewater real estate investment and their onetime business partner, former savings and loan owner James B. McDougal; com- munications by White House aides with anyone at the savings and loan cleanup agency; and records pertaining to the criminal investigation of McDougal's Madison Guaranty S&L or Whitewater. White House spokesman Mark Fabiani said D'Amato's intention to issue subpoenas "is a witch hunt" and represents a "disintegration" of his claims ofimpartiality. The White House and the Clintons' lawyers have turned over 34,000 records, he said, and are "being as open as we can possibly be." Fabiani said two disputed areas in- volve documents the White House pre- pared for the independent counsel's on- going Whitewater inquiry, including interviews with the Clintons, and pa- pers prepared for the current congres- sional hearings. In addition to the phone records, which originally were sought by the committee in June and requested again in August, Republican counsel Michael Chertoff also told the com- mittee that an official of the Treasury Department inspector general's of- fice approached the committee within the past 10 days and said there has been "a significant amount of shred- ding" of documents. WASHINGTON - President Clinton declared yesterday ---- ------- that his administration was succeeding in cutting the federal deficit and said he will veto Republican plans to balance the budget and cut taxes. As the House and Senate began debating those proposals, a combative president lashed out at Republicans while an- nouncingthat the deficit plummeted from $203 billion to $164 billion during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. Clinton used the shrinking deficit numbers to validate his policies and attack GOP budget proposals as extreme. "If Republicans plunge ahead and pass this budget, I will veto it and demand a budget that reflects our values," he said during Clinton a White House news conference. "I am not going to let anybody hold Medicare, or education or the environment or the future of this country hostage." Congressional GOP leaders dismissed the veto threats and voiced confidence they would pass their massive budget plans this week, as resistance from several dozen Republican moderates and conservatives began to crumble in a final wave, of dealmaking. Procter & Gamble seeks 'Olestra' OK WASHINGTON -Just as the revo- lutionary new experimental fat substi- tute, Olestra, appeared closer than ever before to reaching the marketplace, an influential consumer group charged yesterday that the substance was un- safe, and asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to deny approval. The Center for Science in the Public Interest said that Olestra depletes the body of critical carotenoids, such as beta carotene, which are protective against numerous disorders, and caused serious gastrointestinal problems, in- cluding diarrhea. But officials from Procter & Gamble Co., its manufacturer, insisted that the substance was safe, saying it had been studied for 25 years in at least 60 clini- cal trials and in more than 8,000 adults and children. Procter & Gamble is seeking govern- ment approval only for its use in snack foods, such as potato or tortilla chips. But the company ultimately hopes to expand to numerous other products, including salad dressings, baked goods, ice cream and otherdesserts,'fried foods, such as French fries, and processed and restaurant foods. An FDA advisory panel is scheduled to examine the data in two weeks and-. decide whether to recommend that the agency approve the substance for use in snacks. Astronaut tosses first pitch in Earth orbit CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An astronaut uncorked what he called the fastest slowball in the world yester. day. Commander Kenneth Bowersox threw an oh-so-slow pitch aboard the orbiting space shuttle Columbia for a videotaped World Series promo. The shuttle was speeding around Earth at 17,500 mph; a major-league, fastball is a mere 95 mph or so. It took seven takes to make the video of Bowersox throwing out the first ball of the fifth game of the series. The best take will be broadcast at the start of today's game between the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves. * Lecture Notes -'Course Packets - Resume Services Copy & Bindery FaxKServices BOKSTORE L ecture Notes Grade A NoteTakers are Seniors and Grad Students. They attend class and take accurate and complete lecture notes. These notes can make great supplemental study guides. 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