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ASC THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Tuesday, November 30, 1999 Campaign 2000 1 -800-LEMON-LAW BUTSELL national Walcn Diamond Corner of 8lh 4 Cheslnut Strecu Philadelphia, PA Bradley calls for fewer interventions abroad NEW CAR fr. tJEYEB A FEE! KIMMEL 4 SILVERMAN, P.C. Butler Pike. Ambler. PA 'g 10" Pwv He contended that the United States has neither the resources nor the wisdom to soothe every world hot spot.

tgpui tional Peace, said Bradley "wants to wrap overseas intervention around Al Gore's neck in the same way that Republicans in Congress have wanted to wrap it around President Clinton's neck." Bradley said that "the great risk of nuclear holocaust with the Soviet Union has receded. But there are a multitude of smaller threats from troublemaking dictatorships like Iraq, to poorly safeguarded nuclear warheads in Russia, to the increasingly dangerous situation on the Korean peninsula to transnational terrorists." He said that too many United States policies, and even its military strategy, are remnants from those days when enemies were clear and friends were obvious. "The choices are no longer so stark," he said. Bradley had planned to give a formal foreign-policy address yesterday, but postponed it for reasons his staff would not disclose. Instead he simply outlined the framework of his policy and then answered questions from the students, joking that he would move to the next questioner if he didn't know the answer or thought the inquiry was stupid.

By Mike Allen WASHINGTON POST MEDFORD, Mass. Bill Bradley called yesterday for the United States to reduce its unilateral overseas interventions and instead work with the United Nations and other international organizations to build security in a world that lacks the Cold War's predictability. "We cannot give an open-ended humanitarian commitment to the world," Bradley said, charting his foreign policy in a discussion with Tufts University students. "The United States has been spread very thin over a wide territory in the world and has not had the impact that we seek to have in places that we do get involved." Bradley contended that America has neither the resources nor the wisdom to soothe every hot spot. "The key is to get multilateral efforts to intervene earlier, before things reach the point where only there is a military option," he said.

"That requires partners in the world to do this, alliances with international organizations." In a rebuke to Vice President Gore, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, the former New Jersey senator also said the United States had "missed a real opportunity" in responding to overtures from Russian leaders in the years since the fall of communism. He said the Clinton administration focused too much on encouraging Russia to adopt domestic economic reforms, instead of pushing for deep reductions in nuclear arms and other weapons. Though carefully measured, Bradley's comments placed him firmly apart from Gore and other presidential candidates on foreign policy issues. While Republican front-runner George W. Bush and other GOP candidates have also criticized the administration's foreign interventions, Bradley differs in urging greater reliance on the United Nations and other international organizations.

Bradley's call for more extensive and far-reaching negotiations with Russia on arms control and other issues is also distinctive. He said yesterday that he would work to negotiate a new missile-reduction treaty with Moscow, even though the START II treaty reducing nuclear warheads has never been ratified by the Russian parliament. "I am in favor of moving beyond START II, even in the absence of ratification by Russia, to negotiations on START III," he said. Bradley opposes the immediate deployment of a national missile defense, a step that would require renegotiating or breaking the antiballis-tic missile treaty with Russia. He favors continuing research but has voiced concerns about the diplomatic consequences of deployment.

Gore has said he wants to negotiate with Russia about deployment of the system; Bush has said he would build it even over Russian objections. The former senator's most striking comments concerned U.S. interventions abroad, an area in which the Clinton administration has built a long and controversial record with missions in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo and elsewhere. Robert Kagan, a specialist in foreign policy at the Carnegie Endowment for Interna port for the Texas governor. To date, 29 of the Senate's 55 Republicans have said they support Bush, according to the campaign.

Bush said their endorsement was an acknowledgment that his campaign "is resonating with Americans across the nation." Bauer bows out in N.Y. Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer said he is writing off New York RN )( Gore criticizes both rivals on economic plans state's March 7 presidential primary. His campaign said the state's qualifying process was too expensive and too complicated. While the rules have been eased since 1996, presidential primary candidates in New York must still collect the signatures of thousands of party members statewide to be in the game. The petitions are due at the state Board of Elections by Jan.

6. If you purchased prescription thyroid medication: You may have a claim under a new class action settlement. He said proposals by Bill Bradley and George W. Bush would threaten the nation's future. By Mike Glover ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Slamming his leading rivals for the presidency, Vice President Gore suggested yesterday that economic proposals from both Bill Bradley and George W.

Bush would drive up interest rates and end the economy's unprecedented expansion. "In both cases, the economic future of the country is put at risk because of higher interest rates and ignoring the lessons of the last seven years," Gore said in a conference call with reporters. Bush, who spells out details of his economic package this week, has already called for broad tax cuts that Gore labeled "a scorched-earth policy" that would lead to deficits. Bush has completed work on an economic plan that will feature reduced income-tax and estate-tax rates and a lower penalty to be paid by two-wage-earner married couples. In addition, the Texas governor is aiming cuts at people on the edge between welfare and work whose tax burdens mount.

The first three components are Republican staples designed to appeal to conservative primary voters. The low- to middle-class tax cut is aimed at people making $12,000 to $30,000 a year, hewing to Bush's promise to be a "compassionate conservative." The tax-cut plan that GOP lawmakers failed to pass this year specified a 1 percentage point reduction in marginal income tax rates along with cuts in the so-called marriage penalty, in estate taxes and in capi jf it ir tal gains taxes. A Bush adviser said the governor's plan would be closer to Congress' package than a broader, deeper cut proposed by 1996 GOP nominee Bob Dole. Gore has routinely attacked GOP tax cut plans, but yesterday, he lumped fellow Democrat Bradley in the same group. He argued that the former New Jersey senator's economic package includes "a handful of timid proposals" dwarfed by a giant health proposal.

"He hasn't proposed any new investments in research and development," Gore said. "Under his plan, businesses would have a harder time borrowing, investing and creating jobs." Bradley is challenging Gore for the Democratic presidential nomination. In most polls, Bush is the leading contender for the Republican nomination. One strength Gore brings to the table is the relative health of the economy in the midst of a record peacetime expansion. He said that both his rivals' "risky" plans would endanger the expansion.

Gore has insisted that campaign promises he has made would keep the budget balanced, an assertion that rivals dispute. He went further yesterday, saying he would go beyond balancing the budget to focus on repaying the national debt. "I will reduce the national debt in every year of my presidency," he said. Santorum, Chafee back Bush. With a nod from the Senate's newest member, George W.

Bush secured endorsements yesterday from a majority of the chamber's Republicans in his bid for the presidency. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who was sworn in Nov. 4, joined with Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in announcing their sup- vromman-tfeT'ir el mown LEGALNOTICE an amount not to exceed 29 of the Settlement Fund, and reimbursement of expenses not to exceed $2,500,000.

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