Word: bennett
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...Harold Ickes. A White House spokesman apologized for the delay in finding the papers, which had been subpoenaed in October 1995. The documents show that Ickes was worried in early 1994 that Whitewater investigators might squeeze Clinton's friends for information and then indict them. But Ickes lawyer, Robert Bennett, said that's all investigators will find, telling reporters that there are "no smoking guns; there is no wrongdoing revealed on anyone's part." With funding for his investigation set to run out on February 29, D'Amato chose to disagree, and said he might request an additional...
...William Bennett, the national chair of the Alexander campaign and former Education Secretary, urged voters to come to a consensus and to keep the nomination out of Buchanan's hands...
...party will not nominate Pat Buchanan," Bennett told the Crimson yesterday...
...dispute is mirrored by the falling-out between the Clintons' private lawyers, Kendall and Robert Bennett. Kendall has been criticized by Bennett and others for being politically obtuse. Kendall, in turn, has said privately that his job as a lawyer is to prevent his clients from being indicted, not to ensure the President's re-election. If there were a vote in the White House, Bennett's approach might win. But on Whitewater matters, officials say, the First Lady's opinion matters most. And she supports Kendall...
Some on Capitol Hill are trying to put these ideas into action. Missouri Republican Senator John Ashcroft proposed a bill to let religion-promoting groups use federal or state funds for social services to the poor. Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana, along with Bill Bennett, has started the Project for American Renewal, which includes proposals for a score of bills focusing resources on families, community organizations and private charities. Among these are bills proposing a tax credit for adoptions, the reserving of 15% of public housing for intact families, and $1 million grants for school districts to operate same...