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Lillian McEwen Says Thomas Had 'Obsession with Porn,' Bolsters Anita Hill Testimony A former girlfriend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has broken her 19-year silence about a "serious" relationship the two had during the 1980s, reigniting the debate over Thomas' sexual behavior first sparked by Anita Hill's famed confirmation hearing testimony in 1991. Lillian McEwen, a retired prosecutor, law professor and administrative law judge, discussed her intimacy with Thomas in a lengthy television interview Friday with reporter Rebecca Cooper of ABC affiliate WJLA in Washington, D.C. "He was obsessed with pornography," McEwen told Cooper. "It was something...

The Obama administration is quietly advocating a plan to reconstruct Haiti that could involve a central role for former President Bill Clinton. The plan, designed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's staff and presented to top Haitian officials in recent days, calls for the creation of an Interim Haiti Recovery Commission to oversee the ``urgent early recovery'' over the next 18 months. The commission's top priority: create a Haitian Development Authority to plan and coordinate billions in foreign assistance for at least 10 years. The plan, obtained by The Miami Herald, states that the commission could be co-chaired by...