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repudiating that repudiation and calling for broad baaed tax cuts. This is fantasy land. How do you straighten out this mess?”

Rep. Wolf agreed this is “one of the major, major issues.” He noted that the debt is growing at the rate of $1 billion a day. He said he would “do whatever is necessary.”

Werner Krebser asked why the government was so slow to respond to the problems in Somalia. Rep. Wolf said it was because “people didn’t focus on the issue.” He also said there is “no government in Somalia, and terrorists on drugs are shooting up wherever you go. There is chaos in the streets. ”

Carlton Cpeh asked Rep. Wolfs position orfabortfon. “I wasjihocked by the Republican pl^formcommittee’s extreme posftioh,” he said. The Republican party platform calls for a constitutional amendment to ban abortions except to protect the life of the mother.

Rep. Wolf responded by saying the Republican Convention was more open to different views on abortion than the Democratic Convention. “I believe we should be open. The Democratic Party is closed, controlled. If you didn’t meet the litmus test of Ron Brown, you didn’t get to speak.”

He added that he opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother. He said he also supports laws to require permission of parents before a minor

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