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...White House Counsel...
President Clinton picked Washington federal appeals court Judge Abner Mikva as his new White House counsel; the former Illinois Congressman will succeed temporary troubleshooter Lloyd Cutler in October...
Another Independent Counsel...
Embattled Treasury Secretary Roger Altman buckled under pressure and resigned today. Treasury Counsel Jean Hanson is predicted to go next. Altman had come under fire from both Democrats and Republicans for what they called his misleading testimony to Congress on the Whitewater affair. The resignation was no surprise, and it's a sign of bad things to come. After all, the scariest skeletons for the Clinton Administration are expected to be found in the Arkansas part of the Whitewater investigation, which Congress has yet to tackle. Sources tell TIME Washington Correspondent Suneel Ratan that Josh Steiner, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen...
...surprise move on Friday, a special three-member judicial panel charged with administering the newly re-enacted independent-counsel law appointed Kenneth Starr, the Bush Administration's Solicitor General, to replace Robert Fiske as the special Whitewater prosecutor. The court said its decision was no reflection on Fiske's capabilities or integrity but stemmed from the need to maintain "the appearance of independence." In the law's absence, Fiske was specially appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno earlier this year...