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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 1999 Contact: Joe Giganti (202) 646-5172 WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S OFFICE BEHIND EFFORT TO OBSTRUCT FILEGATE LAWSUIT EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO THE COURT EARLIER THIS WEEK Misconduct Akin To Indian Trust Case (Washington, D.C.) Judicial Watch, Inc., the public interest law firm which fights government corruption, presented sworn evidence last Tuesday evening to the Court that The White House Counsel's Office, which is effectively run by Hillary Clinton, has employed a strategy of obstructing discovery in the $90 million Filegate class action lawsuit to get the Clintons beyond the next election. In a startling sworn declaration of ...

SEOUL, South Korea –– North Korea's media on Thursday quoted President Clinton's half-brother as expressing hope for improved relations between the United States and the communist country. Roger Clinton, a singer and bandleader, left North Korea on Wednesday after a six-day visit that included a concert with South Korean entertainers. The American received VIP treatment throughout his stay in North Korea. The country's media extensively covered his activities, and he was even allowed an audience with the country's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam. "He hoped that his visit would be helpful for the improvement of the U.S.-DPRK ...

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Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Scripps McClatchy Western Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (December 8, 1999 12:09 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - One of the more distressing things about the current round of Republican presidential debates is the presence of three candidates who have no chance of being elected president. That's half the field, which reduces by 50 percent the opportunity for the serious contenders - Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Arizona Sen. John McCain and, to a lesser extent, magazine publisher Steve Forbes - to make their case to an America just beginning to tune in. That's not to ...

BEIJING — President Boris Yeltsin, in a stunning outburst, reminded President Clinton on Thursday that Russia possessed a "full nuclear arsenal'' and would not be lectured on its military assault on Chechnya. Swiftly after Yeltsin's comments in Beijing, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin scrambled to issue an assurance that Moscow and Washington enjoyed "very good relations.'' But Clinton poked back at Yeltsin, saying he was obliged to speak out about a Russian offensive he believed was wrong. "Yesterday, Clinton permitted himself to put pressure on Russia,'' Yeltsin, speaking with his trademark slow, deliberate growl, said before sitting down to talks ...

The Texas economy slightly accelerated its bull run in the last two months, dashing some beliefs that it was losing muscle. A widely watched Federal Reserve report known as the Beige Book, which was released Wednesday, credited the bullishness to a pickup in Texas manufacturing and a post-Thanksgiving spending spree. Another positive factor is slightly higher demand for the state's oilfield services - a result of the stunning rise in oil prices to around $27 a barrel. That pep was offset by slightly slower construction activity, the Fed reported. Speculative office construction and office rents remained flat. And apartment occupancies ...

The feds have decided there's no difference between men and women. The result? There's no men's wrestling at Illinois State. None at Notre Dame. None at Princeton. In a recent two-year period, 24 colleges and universities have done away with men's wrestling. Another 31 dropped men's golf. Men's gymnastic teams on campus, numbering 133 in 1975, are down to less than 30. The soccer players, too, are gone from Illinois State. Start with a bizarre assumption and you're likely to get some crazy results. Title IX regulations, grounded in the vision that men and women, minus discrimination, would have ...

If a few wacky conservatives have their dreams come true, the U.S. Supreme Court will abolish the Miranda ruling. (That probably won't happen. But just in case, you all should quickly apply for your American Civil Liberties Union "bust-card," which you'll read about later in this space) What got everybody excited is that the justices said this week that they'd kick the Miranda business around, decide whether they want to keep it and tell us about it later. If Miranda is abolished, it would be in keeping with other advantages going to law enforcement these days. The new wiretapping techniques ...

What Clinton said: on Chechnya, China, Kosovo, Panama Canal, Hillary, Starr President Clinton Wednesday at his news conference. Credit: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times [On Chechnya and the IMF:] Q. On Chechnya, you used sanctions to punish Yugoslavia and Indonesia for repression. Why aren't sanctions being considered against Russia? A. Well, there are two categories of aid here in question, or at least -- let's talk about the aid. A sanctions regime has to be imposed by the United Nations, and Russia has a veto there. But I am not sure that would be in our interests or in the ...

Confederate flag should move from Statehouse grounds, NAACP leaders say The Associated Press COLUMBIA -- The Confederate flag doesn't belong on the Statehouse dome or the grounds, state Sen. Darrell Jackson says. The only compromise the leaders would accept during a meeting with Gov. Jim Hodges was a plan to move the flag to the Confederate Relic Room, WIS-TV reported Wednesday. Jackson, D-Columbia, introduced the bill that is garnering NAACP support. "I guess I've come to the conclusion that if the flag is offensive then it will be just as offensive flying on the yard as it would flying on ...

Russian President Boris Yeltsin, on a trip to China, flaunted Russia's nuclear missiles in an angry reply. "Clinton permitted himself to put pressure on Russia,'' he told reporters in his trademark slow, deliberate growl. "It seems...he has forgotten Russia has a full arsenal of nuclear weapons. He has forgotten about that. Therefore he decided to play with his muscles, as they say.'' In Washington, Clinton responded: "I haven't forgotten that. You know, I didn't think he'd forgotten America was a great power when he disagreed with what I did in Kosovo.'' Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tried to soften the remarks, ...

She is Saint Hillary to some, the leading liberal voice in the Clinton White House, the patron of universal health care and the ardent advocate for children's education and welfare. To others, she is a dangerous demon ideologue. She's the bumbling Oz behind the Whitewater, travel-office and commodities-trading scandals, a frustrating feminist contradiction who mocked Tammy Wynette for standing by her man, then did just that during the humiliating impeachment drama. Love her. Hate her. With Hillary Rodham Clinton, there are only two ways about it. "There's no one in-between," said pollster Frank Luntz, an adviser to Clinton's likely opponent ...

THERE WON'T BE ANY BLUE LIGHT SPECIALS ON SHOTGUNS AT THE NEW K-MART IN BRIDGEHAMPTON (New York). ..AND NOW K-MART IS CONSIDERING GETTING RID OF THE GUN DEPARTMENT AT OTHER LONG ISLAND STORES. STAY TUNED TO WCBS NEWSRADIO 88 FOR DETAILS.

The Old Cause by Joseph R. Stromberg Antiwar.com December 7 , 1999 Felix Morley: An Old-fashioned Republican FELIX MORLEY (1894-1981) Felix Morley served the cause we now call the Old Right for many years. His thought was a well-wrought synthesis of classical republicanism and classical liberalism. This led people to see him as a "conservative" – but let's not argue labels just now. Born in Pennsylvania in 1894 to English parents, Morley was an essayist, editor of the Washington Post (those were the days!), President of Haverford College (1940-45), radio commentator, and writer of books on politics and foreign ...

MIDI - YOU'RE SO VAIN He broke into Jim’s party… and he pooped right there upon the rug When they’re comparing him to a cockroach, it’s…a quite pretty little bug He has drool on his keyboard and a dress that’s stained with some goo Mother Teresa said she really hates him…she really hates him He’s insane…yes, Tommy Boy is really a whackjob He’s insane…you’ve got to know he’s really a whackjob…don’t you, don’t you It started many years ago when he was still back in school He had been beaten up by the little girls…they treated him very cruel ...

NEW YORK (AP) . Hillary Rodham Clinton told gay contributors that her husband's ``don't ask, don't tell'' policy, intended to make it easier for homosexuals to serve in the military, is a failure, The New York Times reported today. Mrs. Clinton told a private, Manhattan fund-raiser Tuesday that if elected to the U.S. Senate she would work to overturn the policy. The Times learned of Mrs. Clinton's comments from participants at the fund-raiser sponsored by the Empire State Pride Agenda, which supports equal rights for gays. The newspaper said her comments were confirmed in a statement from Mrs. Clinton's ...

Eye on the Empire by Alan Bock Antiwar.com December 9, 1999 THE NEED FOR ENEMIES, ONCE AGAIN My old friend – or at least acquaintance of (shudder!) more than 30 years – Rep. Dana Rohrabacher came to the Orange County Register last week and I got a little more insight into just how difficult our job of keeping the United States out of foreign entanglements is likely to be. Dana assured me that he still works with Texas Rep. Ron Paul on various projects and says that during the times Ron Paul hasn't been in Congress he's been viewed ...

NATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE FOR CLINTON/GORE 1992 (1, 6, 23, 39) On August 4, 1992, presidential candidate Bill Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore sat silently near the front of the large National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. They had postponed a bus tour of campaigning in the Midwest, and were attending the funeral services for C. Victor Raiser II, the national co-chairman of finance for Clinton’s 1992 campaign. Raiser had taken a brief pause from his grueling schedule to do some fishing for salmon in Alaska with his son Montgomery, and C. Taylor Kew, Raiser’s longtime friend from ...

Russia and Belarus form confederation Presidents Lukashenko, left, and Yeltsin in Moscow Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have signed a treaty to create a formal confederation between the two countries. Under the treaty, the two countries will create a High Council consisting of their presidents, prime ministers and parliamentary speakers - although it is not clear what powers this body will have. The agreement also proposes the eventual merger of the two countries' currencies, but does not set any time frame. The BBC's Moscow correspondent, Andrew Harding, said although the treaty went further than previous documents, ...

Soldier guilty of killing GI he thought was gay Thursday • December 9 Fort Campbell, Ky. -- An Army private was found guilty of premeditated murder Wednesday for bludgeoning to death a fellow soldier in a beating prosecutors said was motivated by his hatred of homosexuals. Pvt. Calvin N. Glover was convicted of using a baseball bat to crush Pfc. Barry Winchell's skull July 5 as he slept on a cot at their Fort Campbell barracks. Defense attorneys argued that another soldier, Spc. Justin R. Fisher, 25, who was charged as an accessory, goaded Glover into the attack. Before ...