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...This was the first time the White House even allowed for the possibility that Clinton is guilty of perjury," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan -- "that even if the President committed this felony, he shouldn't be impeached." Not that Ruff went easy on Starr. But compared to Craig and Kendall, Ruff was definitely the good cop, the cop who could understand why Republicans were so upset. He set the exculpatory bar low enough that the House's less virulent Clinton-haters can now clear it if they want to. Next week, we'll find out if any of them...
...House lawyer got boxed into defending the perjury rap by making the argument that if you don't think you lied about something, it isn't really a lie. "Republicans made Craig defend Clinton a little more than he was prepared to do," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "They succeeded in reminding everyone about the President's evasiveness...
...With reporting by Jay Branegan and Viveca Novak/Washington
...Reported by Jay Branegan, James Carney and John F. Dickerson/Washington
...with the Japanese on its economy," he says. Privately, Clinton is disappointed with the latest in a long string of stimulus packages. But he's not about to say that to Japan -- at least not today. "Japan is very proud about being told what to do," says Branegan, "but there are times when U.S. pressure can be an excuse for Tokyo to push through unpopular reforms. It just has to be nuanced in the right way." And as Ken Starr reminded us during his testimony Thursday, if anybody knows nuance, it's Bill Clinton...