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rise, would be quick to brand them

traitors.

It is therefore highly unlikely that

President Clinton will return to Washington with a long list of Russian concessions. Those who are demanding—or

even predicting—that he will do so are

setting up the administration for failure. We can and should expect, however, President Clinton to discuss our

differences candidly and constructively, and to lay the ground work for

United States-Russian accommodation

on key issues like arms control, the

Iran nuclear deal, Chechnya, and European security.

The hallmark of a successful summit

is not to solve all of the world’s problems or even to resolve all of the bilateral issues between two countries.

President Clinton’s trip to Moscow is

part of an ongoing process between

Russia and the United States. We

should be realistic about our expectations.

TRIBUTE TO DR. WAYNE TEAGUE,

FORMER ALABAMA SUPERfINTENDENT OF EDUCATION

Mr. HEFLIN. Madam President, Dr.

Wayne Teague served as Alabama’s Superintendent of Education for almost

20 years, from October 1975 through

March 31 of this year. During his tenure as Alabama’s top educator, public

education in Alabama has prospered.

His many years of public service are a

hallmark of exceptional commitment

and dedication to public education and

to the children of Alabama.

There has been a great deal of

progress in Alabama education since

Wayne Teague took over as superintendent in 1975. His many contributions have made tremendous improvements in the State’s public school system. His many successes and vast

knowledge were once recognized by the

British Council of Great Britain, when

he was one of only three chief State

school officers invited to participate in

the American Education Policy-Makers’ Study Trip to Northern Ireland in

1990.

Of Dr. Teauge’s many wonderful personal attributes, the one that probably

served him best while he was superintendent was his unique leadership

style. He was able to master the art of

cooperation with a myriad of groups

for the benefit of the public schools.

Government officials, parents, teachers, students, administrators, and business, civic, and educational leaders all

gained admiration and respect for him

over the course of his career as they

observed his many accomplishments

for Alabama’s school children and for

education overall.

Wayne Teague received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees

all from Auburn University. Prior to

becoming State superintendent, he was

a local superintendent, college professor, principal, and teacher. Since then,

he has become widely known throughout the State and country not only as

a superb superintendent, but also as an

authority on State and Federal legislative relations, a civic and community

activist, a public speaker, and author.

He has participated in several international activities and received numerous honors and awards for his service

in education.

Dr. Wayne Teague certainly emerged

as one of the giants of education while

he was superintendent. He possesses all

the skills, experience, and professional

attitudes that make an outstanding

leader. As much as he will be missed, I

salute and congratulate him for a job

well done, and offer my best wishes for

his long, healthy, and fulfilling retirement.

fAID

Mr. THOMAS. Madam President, I

rise this morning as a member of the

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

to discuss the content of a recent interoffice electronic memo from Sally

Shelton, the Assistant Administrator

for the Bureau of Global Programs, Bill

Support and Research at the Agency

for International Development [AID]

regarding congressional plans to merge

AID into the State Department and to

cut the somewhat bloated foreign assistance budget. For the benefit of my

colleagues who may not have seen the

memo, dated May 3, let me quote it

here:

The Administrator spoke to InterAction

yesterday * * *. The Administrator would

prefer that InterAction stay out of the merger issue and there is indeed no consensus on

their Board as to what position to take. But

some want to be involved—the Administrator reminded us of Dean Acheson’s comment ‘‘Don’t just do something, sit there!’’

Tony Lake is addressing InterAction tomorrow—he is pushing the phrase ‘‘backdoor

isolationist’’ to tar the anti-150 account Congressmen with * * *. Shalikashvili and Wm.

Perry had a good mtg with the Speaker on

the 150 account * * * though the news from

the Senate is not so good * * * Sen. Domenici is pushing for bigger cuts than had been

anticipated earlier.

Jill Buckly reports that the Senate For.

Rels. Comm. staff was relatively uncooperative in discussions yesterday and somewhat

surprisingly the HIRC [House International

Relations Committee] staff was cooperative.

The strategy is ‘‘delay, postpone, obfuscate,

derail’’—if we derail, we can kill the merger.

Larry Byrne met with Sen. Robb and got his

support on the merger though Robb is not

committed, yet, to defend the 150 account

budget levels. Official word is we don’t care

if there is a State authorization bill this

year.

Larry B. announces that we are 62 percent

through this fiscal year and we have 38 percent of the dollar volume of procurement actions completed; we need to do $1.9 billion in

the next 5 months * * *. There are large

pockets of money in the field and about $570

million in Global and ENI each. So let’s get

moving * * *. Jim Bond called Larry

Byrne * * * then yelled at him about our obligation rate, said it imperils our ability to

argue we need more money * * *.

Madam President, I am incensed by

this memo and by the mind-set it

manifests at AID. It seems clear to me

that instead of looking for ways to

work with Members of Congress to

streamline its operations, cut waste

and bloating, and accept the same kind

of downsizing that the American people

expect of every other agency of the

Federal Government, AID has taken on

as its first priority saving its own skin.

There is nothing back-door isolationist about a desire to down-size AID and

get rid of functions it carries out which

are duplicative of those carried out by

other agencies; it’s a move that Secretary of State Christopher himself

supported until recently overruled by

the Vice President. At a time when we

don’t have enough money to take care

of our own citizens and are consequently forced to rethink the funding

levels in our domestic budget, to argue

that we can’t make similarly difficult

cuts in our foreign aid budget is both

disingenuous and unrealistic.

While I am certainly not in favor of

a full-scale gutting of foreign aid, there

is no bureaucracy in this Government

that in my estimation couldn’t stand a

healthy cut in its budget—AID among

them. For those who might doubt that

assertion, the following information is

instructive. AID has requested $16 million in aid to Jordan so that it could

‘‘attract more tourists to come to Jordan, enjoy their experience, and recommend Jordan to others.’’ AID wants

to pay $528,000 to Vietnamese contractors who were not paid as a result of

the Vietnam War, while at the same

time hundreds of American contractors

remain unpaid. AID has proposed giving the AFL–CIO $5 million to make

home improvement loans to Sandanista labor union members in Nicaragua. AID has proposed giving $900,000

to the lobbying firm TransAfrica to develop linkages with South Africa. The

grant would enable TransAfrica to buy

a TV, VCR, camcorder and computers

for its Washington, DC, lobbying office.

These proposals are just some of the

highly questionable ways in which AID

allocates its funds.

While speaking about funding, let me

note that I am outraged by the suggestion in the memo that as the fiscal

year draws to a close and AID has only

‘‘38 percent of the dollar volume of procurement actions completed,’’ that employees would be encouraged to get out

there and spend, spend, spend so that

their ability to argue we need more

money is not imperiled. Statements

such as that are a perfect example of

bureaucratic thinking run amok, and

illustrate to me precisely why their

budget is in need of some substantial

trimming.

Madam President, policy statements

coming from AID which note that they

intend to work to delay and derail the

legitimate work of this Congress for

their own selfish needs strike me—and,

I am sure, other Members—as blatantly

improper. As a result of this memo,

you can be sure that I will view anything AID has to say on reorganization

or budget matters in the next few

weeks with a very jaundiced eye, to put

it very mildly.