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Article: After criticizing President Clinton, Jesse Helms still in line for foreign relations post. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- November 23, 1994
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WASHINGTON _ Despite a fierce national backlash from his criticism of President Clinton, Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., appears to be firmly in line to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A number of prominent conservatives rallied behind Helms Wednesday, asserting that the ``liberal news media'' unfairly pilloried the senator for saying President Clinton ``better have a bodyguard'' to visit North Carolina military bases.
Helms later said it had been a ``mistake'' to make the remark. It came in a casual telephone conversation with a reporter for a North Carolina paper, he explained.
``Jesse Helms basically did nothing deliberately wrong,'' said ...