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Clinton's defense counsel argued that Clinton's grand jury testimony had too many inconsistencies to be a clear case of perjury, that the investigation and impeachment had been tainted by partisan political bias, that the President's approval rating of more than 70 percent indicated that his ability to govern had not been impaired by the scandal, and that the Managers had ultimately presented " an unsubstantiated, circumstantial case that does not meet the constitutional standard to remove the President from office.
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Clinton's speech on August 29, included his vision for the 2000s decade, included tax cuts for the middle-class, 20 million more jobs, a strong defense with cuts in the military, but a strong presence of peacemaking troops, new military weapons and tanks, and welfare reform goals for states and communities, and a peaceful transition for the Middle East.
" January 22 and 23 were devoted to questions from members of the Senate to the House Managers and Clinton's defense counsel.
* Nicole K. Seligman, Bill Clinton's private defense lawyer in the Lewinsky scandal
* New York Times – President Clinton's 2001 defense of his pardons and commutations before he left office.
Clinton's and counsel
Thus, he also served as counsel in President Clinton's administration.
Liberals also began to share Scalia's concern when independent counsel Kenneth Starr spent $ 40 million and more than four years investigating President Clinton's land deals and extramarital affairs.
In response to ongoing accusations surrounding the Clintons ' investment in a real estate development known as Whitewater in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Clinton's Attorney General Janet Reno had appointed an independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, to investigate those accusations in 1994.
The National Republican Trust PAC sponsored a campaign commercials against Obama in 2008 which FactCheck. org described as “ one of the sleaziest false TV ads of the campaign .” One of Newsmax Media owners " was among the most insistent endorsers of the Obama birth certificate myth " and a popularizer of the canard that Bill Clinton's White House counsel Vince Foster did not commit suicide -- as determined by five official investigations -- but was murdered.
Clinton's counsel staff included: Charles Ruff, David E. Kendall, Dale Bumpers, Bruce Lindsey, Nicole Seligman, Lanny A. Breuer and Gregory B. Craig.
Clinton's and argued
During the grand jury testimony Clinton's responses were carefully worded, and he argued, " It depends on what the meaning of the word ' is ' is ", in regards to the truthfulness of his statement that " there is not a sexual relationship, an improper sexual relationship or any other kind of improper relationship "
Clinton's defenders argued that this would make it potentially harder to integrate the military in the future.
Clinton's and grand
For example, President Clinton's grand strategy of ' Engagement and Enlargement ' had the United States pursue national security by engaging other states by enlarging its alliances and international organizations like NATO.
A much-quoted statement from Clinton's grand jury testimony showed him questioning the precise use of the word " is.
Kendall advised President Clinton during the grand jury appearance that led to the discovery of Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
A much-quoted statement from Clinton's grand jury testimony showed him questioning the precise use of the word " is.
Currie testified in front of the grand jury responsible for the perjury investigation in relation to Clinton's statement in the Paula Jones case.
Clinton's and jury
However, " the evidence was insufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that any of Mrs. Clinton's statements and testimony regarding her involvement in the travel office firings were knowingly false ," and thus prosecution was declined.
Clinton's and testimony
The perjury charge arose from Clinton's testimony about his relationship to Lewinsky during a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones.
Under pressure from Starr, who had obtained from Lewinsky a blue dress with Clinton's semen stain, as well as testimony from Lewinsky that the President had inserted a cigar tube into her vagina, Clinton stated, " I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate.
Lewinsky's testimony to the Starr Commission, however, contradicted Clinton's claim of being totally passive in their encounters.
Lewinsky's testimony that Clinton concealed gifts was contradicted by both Clinton's testimony and that of his personal secretary Betty Currie, who each said that it was Lewinsky who asked him for some gifts and that he tended to give a number of his staff gifts as an act of courtesy.
While Starr did acknowledge that Currie did visit Lewinsky's apartment and exchanged the gifts with her, he also claimed that the fact that Currie drove to Lewinsky's apartment proved Lewinsky's testimony that Clinton concealed the gifts was correct and Currie's and Clinton's were both false.
On the last day of Hillary Clinton's testimony, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by McCaughey, who wrote that the 239-page draft legislation differed markedly from the White House's public statements and would have " devastating consequences ".
As a result of the discovery of the Watkins memo, and based upon a suggestion from the Office of Independent Counsel, on March 20, 1996, Attorney General Janet Reno requested that Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr expand his inquiry to specifically include the travel office affair, in particular allegations that White House employees had lied about Hillary Clinton's role in the firings, and that David Watkins or Hillary Clinton had made false statements in previous testimony to the GAO, Congress, or the Independent Counsel.
Clinton's and had
During Clinton's term, Arkansas performed its first executions since 1964 ( the death penalty had been re-enacted on March 23, 1973 ).
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Seeking a New Englander for a running mate, the caucus initially chose New Hampshire governor John Langdon to balance the ticket, but after Langdon declined due to his age, a second caucus nominated Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts for the Vice Presidency, which had been vacant since George Clinton's death a month earlier.
Then it was revealed that Livingston — who had been publicly critical of President Bill Clinton's perjury during his sexual harassment-had engaged in an extramarital affair himself, and he opted to resign from the House despite being urged to stay on by House Democratic leader Gephardt.
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Though Clinton's popularity had waned by the mid 1980s, he experienced something of a resurgence in the early 1990s, as many rappers cited him as an influence and began sampling his songs.
The album was recorded by former Funkadelic members and original Parliaments Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas, who had left P-Funk in 1977 after disagreements with George Clinton's management practices.
In July, 1999, Hazard was the first stop on President Bill Clinton's tour of poverty-stricken communities that had failed to share in the boom of the 1990s.
Flynt's investigation also claimed that Congressman Bob Barr, another Republican House manager, had an affair while married ; Barr had been the first lawmaker in either chamber to call for Clinton's resignation due to the Lewinsky affair.
Historian Taylor Branch implied that Clinton had requested changes to Branch's 2009 Clinton biography, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, regarding Clinton's revelation that the Lewinsky affair began because " I cracked ; I just cracked.
Clinton's initiative led to the Taba negotiations in January 2001, where the two sides published a statement saying they had never been closer to agreement ( though such issues as Jerusalem, the status of Gaza, and the Palestinian demand for compensation for refugees and their descendants remained unresolved ), but Barak, facing elections, resuspended the talks.
A French fleet under d ' Estaing had sailed from Toulon in April 1778 and intended to make a rendezvous with rebel forces which could threaten Clinton's army before it reached the safety of New York.
The report also alleged Clinton's job offer to Lewinsky was an attempt to keep her from admitting the relationship to the public and thus obstruct justice, but had nothing relevant to back this claim either.
However, a letter was discovered that showed Clinton's legal team had informed Starr before the appeals took place.
A. Lynn Lowe of Texarkana, Clinton's Republican opponent in 1978, by contrast, had won only six counties.
Prior to his appearance, Clinton's campaign staff had conducted an intense debate about how far he should go in distancing himself from Jackson, who was unpopular with moderate voters.
Clinton's response was harshly criticized by Jackson, who said, “ Sister Souljah represents the feelings and hopes of a whole generation of people ,” and he claimed that she had been misquoted.
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