Don Fowler

For a President, choosing the head of his party's national committee is usually little more than a routine matter. But not for President Clinton after the Democratic debacle in the November elections. Striving to boost Democratic comeback chances, Clinton now intends to put the chairmanship of the party's national committee, which throughout its history has been a one-man job, under dual control. If all works out according to Clinton's script, Connecticut Sen. Christopher J.

In testimony during the Senate campaign fund-raising hearings on Tuesday, former Democratic Chairman Donald L. Fowler accepted some responsibility for the scandal that exploded at the Democratic National Committee last year but laid a portion of the blame at the gates of the White House, where presidential advisor Harold M. Ickes became a de facto party chairman.

An internal memo warning then-CIA Director John M. Deutch that a top Democratic Party official had improperly contacted the CIA on behalf of a major campaign contributor mysteriously vanished in the spy agency's upper reaches in 1995, and its disappearance is now the focus of an investigation into alleged efforts to exploit the CIA for political purposes.

A major Democratic Party donor met secretly in 1995 with top aides to Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin and discussed funneling $100 million into Yeltsin's 1996 presidential campaign in exchange for Russian support of his proposed oil pipeline through Central Asia, according to classified CIA documents, confidential congressional depositions and other sources. Roger Tamraz, who was also seeking U.S.

Senate investigators intend to present evidence today that former Democratic Chairman Donald L. Fowler flouted an internal Democratic National Committee policy when he repeatedly lobbied federal agencies on behalf of major contributors. The roster of donors represented by Fowler includes Native American tribes, a controversial oil financier and a Southern California businessman who was dismissed by a White House aide as "a hustler."

In testimony during the Senate campaign fund-raising hearings on Tuesday, former Democratic Chairman Donald L. Fowler accepted some responsibility for the scandal that exploded at the Democratic National Committee last year but laid a portion of the blame at the gates of the White House, where presidential advisor Harold M. Ickes became a de facto party chairman.

A major Democratic Party donor met secretly in 1995 with top aides to Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin and discussed funneling $100 million into Yeltsin's 1996 presidential campaign in exchange for Russian support of his proposed oil pipeline through Central Asia, according to classified CIA documents, confidential congressional depositions and other sources. Roger Tamraz, who was also seeking U.S.

Delegates arriving for Tuesday's session of the Democratic National Convention were greeted by the strains of "Dixie" as they entered the Omni convention hall, but not for long. Don Fowler, chief executive officer of the convention, was standing backstage talking with Paul G. Kirk Jr., chairman of the Democratic National Committee, when the taped music started.

Denouncing attacks on his integrity as "uncalled-for and unwarranted," Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt told a House committee Thursday that he is being victimized by "a half-baked theory of improper political influence" involving his department's rejection of a proposed Indian gambling casino in Hudson, Wis.

A trial lawyer at the center of a dispute with Texas over tobacco litigation has given hundreds of thousands of dollars from his law firm to the Democratic Party over the last four years since Vice President Al Gore was asked to call him to seek a six-figure check. A Gore aide said Wednesday that the vice president never made the phone call to Texas trial lawyer Walter Umphrey.

Senate investigators intend to present evidence today that former Democratic Chairman Donald L. Fowler flouted an internal Democratic National Committee policy when he repeatedly lobbied federal agencies on behalf of major contributors. The roster of donors represented by Fowler includes Native American tribes, a controversial oil financier and a Southern California businessman who was dismissed by a White House aide as "a hustler."

An internal memo warning then-CIA Director John M. Deutch that a top Democratic Party official had improperly contacted the CIA on behalf of a major campaign contributor mysteriously vanished in the spy agency's upper reaches in 1995, and its disappearance is now the focus of an investigation into alleged efforts to exploit the CIA for political purposes.

For a President, choosing the head of his party's national committee is usually little more than a routine matter. But not for President Clinton after the Democratic debacle in the November elections. Striving to boost Democratic comeback chances, Clinton now intends to put the chairmanship of the party's national committee, which throughout its history has been a one-man job, under dual control. If all works out according to Clinton's script, Connecticut Sen. Christopher J.

A remark by Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.) comparing African leaders to cannibals was just the latest in a series that have angered minorities and made even his supporters cringe. The most recent came when Hollings, who is white, criticized African diplomats who traveled to Switzerland for international trade agreement talks concluded Tuesday after years of negotiations. "Everybody likes to go to Geneva," he said Tuesday in Washington.

Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), a prominent Latino who previously served in President Bush's Cabinet, will assume the high-profile post of Republican National Committee general chairman, GOP officials said Monday. Martinez, 60, will remain in the Senate when he takes the reins of the RNC in January, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting a formal announcement.