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- <text id=89TT2103>
- <title>
- Aug. 14, 1989: American Notes:Congress
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Aug. 14, 1989 The Hostage Agony
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 33
- American Notes
- CONGRESS
- Savage's Suit Pursuit
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Before Congressman Gus Savage embarked on an official trip
- to China in 1986, a House staffer asked his top aide what the
- Illinois Democrat wanted to explore during the ten-day stay.
- "Tailored clothing," she replied. What she meant was custom-made
- suits. Savage not only gave short shrift to the official
- meetings that were the ostensible purpose of his tour, but also
- cut short his visit so he could devote three days to sightseeing
- and fittings in Hong Kong and Seoul. Total cost of the 16-day
- junket, which also included Japan: $6,731, presumably not
- including his haberdashery bill.
- </p>
- <p> The suit pursuit came to light when the State Department,
- alarmed by reports that the five-term Congressman had sexually
- accosted a Peace Corps volunteer during a fact-finding mission
- to Zaire last March, asked other embassies that have played host
- to Savage about his activities. Two congressional committees are
- now investigating the allegations. Considering the outcome of
- his foreign forays, Savage might want to consider sticking
- closer to home.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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