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Before a Rose Garden ceremony last Wednesday marking the accord on the GATT treaty, Clinton had a chance to press Dole to block Helms' ascension to committee chairman. But the President, a top official said, did not bring it up; he knows Helms is not going be unseated. Besides, an unbridled Helms, whose every word and deed will make the evening news, may actually prove a plus for the Administration. Says a senior official: "It's going to be a problem for our foreign policy, but I think it's going to be a serious political problem for the Republicans." If your name is Bill Clinton, it could be good to have Jesse Helms to kick around.

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