> March 18, 1993
>
> UPI
>
> Clinton salutes slain former body guard
>
> Byline: By Thomas Ferraro
>
> Dateline: Washington
>
> President Clinton saluted the four federal lawmen killed in the Feb. 28
> shootout in Waco, Texas, Thursday, one of whom served as a body guard
> for him during last year's campaign.
>
> ''My prayers, and I'm sure yours, are still with the families of all four
> of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents,'' Clinton said in a speech
> at the Treasury Department.
>
> ATF Agent Robert Williams, of Clinton's hometown of Little Rock, Ark. ,
> was among the lawmen slain in the gun battle with members of David
> Koresh's cult.
>
> During the 1992 campaign, Williams was assigned to a Clinton ''jump
> team'' that provided Clinton security on rotating 28-day shifts, said
> ATF spokesman Jack Killorin.
>
> The three other ATF agents killed in Waco were Todd McKeehan and
> Conway LeBleu, both of New Orleans, and Steve Willis of Houston.
>
> Killorin said four other ATF agents who served on Clinton ''jump
> teams'' were among 16 agents wounded in Waco: Rolland Ballesteros and
> John Risenhoover, both of Houston, and Steven Steele and Sam Cohen, both
> of Dallas.
>
> Clinton mentioned the four slain agents by name during his speech at the
> Treasury Department that primarily focused on plans to remedy the economy.
> The president said that three of the four ''were assigned to my security
> during the course of the primary or the general election.''
>
> But Killorin said that only Williams had been a member of a ''jump team.''
> He said, however, virtually all ATF agents assisted with security when
> Clinton visited their respective towns.
>
> ATF is part of the Treasury Department, as is the Secret Service, the
> primary agency in charge of protecting presidents and candidates. During
> campaign years, the ATF helps supplement Secret Service protection.
>
> Clinton said in his remarks: ''I think that we should all once again
> honor the plaque on the fourth floor of this building that notes more than
> 160 Treasury agents who have been killed in the line of duty in our
> nation's history.''
>
> ''From the Secret Service agents who protect our presidents...to the
> Customs agents who wage war on drugs, to the agents of the Bureau of
> Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.''
>
> Clinton expressed special gratitude for the ATF agents who helped
> evacuate New York's World Trade Center after the Feb. 26 bombing and who
> helped find evidence that led to the first arrest.
