Nation IN BRIEF / WASHINGTON, D.C. : Republicans Promise New Waco Inquiries

Senior Republicans, declaring a lack of faith in Attorney General Janet Reno’s explanations, said in Washington that they will open investigations of administration handling of the 1993 Branch Davidian confrontation. Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said he would issue subpoenas this week. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said he, too, is launching an inquiry. The FBI has revealed that incendiary tear gas grenades were shot at a bunker in the Waco, Texas, compound.