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...searches were not exhaustive enough." The White House, notes TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum, is feeling the heat as multiple investigations gain momentum. "This is one in a series of issues in which the First Lady and her associates are embroiled, and many more questions will be raised." Rep. William Clinger, chairman of the House committee that obtained the Watkins memo, told reporters Thursday, "There was a cover-up here." He plans a new round of hearings on the travel office firings, and said his committee would send Mrs. Clinton written questions. Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr joined in the criticism Friday...
...last Thursday Clinger released copies of three checks totaling $135,000 to Brown from an entity called First International Communications Limited Partnership, an outfit never mentioned on Brown's 1993 financial- disclosure form. On each check a handwritten notation reads partnership distribution. Weingarten says the previously undisclosed partnership was the same entity as First International Communications and that the payments were just part of the 1993 divestiture. Maybe so, but the distribution checks-- dated April 1993, July 1993 and October 1993--were all issued well before his Dec. 15 divestiture date...
Weingarten admitted that the timetable was ``confusing,'' but said it was of ``no legal or ethical significance.'' Clinger challenged this explanation: ``I think it is fair to ask how one receives a partnership distribution from a business entity unless one is a partner in it.'' Most of First International's income came from the interest on a promissory note issued by Corridor Broadcasting Corp., a firm formed by Hill during the 1980s. In 1986 Corridor borrowed $26 million from a Texas savings and loan to buy two TV stations. The thrift later failed and was taken over by the Federal...
Washington -- WILLIAM CLINGER, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Government Operations, is demanding details on Commerce Secretary RON BROWN'S personal investments in telecommunications firms. Clinger wants the information because Brown, as head of Commerce, influences the industry. Brown, citing an internal review that cleared him of possible conflicts of interest, is refusing to hand over further documentation...
...School's Center for Business and Government--attracted more than 25 business and public sector leaders, along with Leonard and three other faculty members. Officials attending the conference included the mayor of Newark. N. J. Kenneth Gibson, the mayor of Milwaukee, Wise., Henry Maier, and Congressman William F. Clinger (R-Penn...