NPR's Michael Shuster reports on the Clinton Administration decision to reorganize the State Department. The restructuring will bring the independent Arms and Disarmament Agency and the US Information Agency under the umbrella of the Secretary of State. The move, long sought by Senator Jesse Helms and other Congressional Republican conservatives, was made in hopes of encouraging the Senate to approve the Chemical Weapons ban when it comes to a vote on next week.
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