Helms Sets Hearing for Moseley-Braun
From Times Wire Reports
A hearing on the nomination of former Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun to be ambassador to New Zealand was set for today, ending a confrontation between Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and the White House. The decision by Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to go ahead with the hearing came after the White House sent him administration documents relating to Moseley-Braun, an Illinois Democrat. Helms has questioned her campaign spending and trips she made to Nigeria.
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