At today's hearing ofthe Senate Armed Services Committee on President Clinton's nomination of Morton Halperin to become theAssistantSecretaryof Defense for Democracy and Peacekeeping, one fact looms large: The nominee aided and abetted a man who was arguably this century's most notorious American traitor -- Philip Agee -- and is determined to conceal that fact.
"This declaration must include all nuclear weapons, programs, materials and facilities, including clarification of any proliferation activities, " U.S. AssistantSecretaryof State Christopher Hill told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month.
At the Belfast rally, organised by the Northern Ireland Committeeofthe Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu), assistant general secretary Peter Bunting said Stormont must not "slavishly" cut back on the say-so ofthe government in London.
Last week, AssistantSecretaryof State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer addressed the American Jewish Committeeof Greater Miami and Broward where she reiterated the Administration's committment to normalizing Israel's status in the UN and countering efforts to de-legitimize the Jewish state.