Word: counsels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know how he would feel if he were here today. He didn't fight, no one fought for one side of this case or the other. He fought, as all those did, for our country and our Constitution. As long as each of us--a manager, the President's counsel, a Senator--does his or her constitutional duty, those who fought for their country will be proud...
...become increasingly concerned about the breakneck speed at which those companies are forming alliances. America Online is buying Netscape, At Home is buying Excite, Lucent is acquiring Ascend Communications--all deals worked out since the start of the antitrust trial. "This is a yeasty industry," says Microsoft general counsel William Neukom. "It's important to realize how fast things move." Of course, none of the deals is focused on operating-system software, so none poses a direct threat to the dominance of Windows. But that doesn't stop Microsoft from worrying...
There she was late Friday afternoon, once again up to her neck in yet another independent counsel dilemma and once again waiting until the last minute to announce her decision. This time the focus of Attorney General Janet Reno's concern was former White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes. The question: whether Ickes, who denies all wrongdoing, had lied before a Senate inquiry on campaign finances regarding administration actions supportive of the Teamsters union. Minutes before the close of business, Reno filed her decision: no independent counsel. The Friday get-out-of-town ruling assured yet another loud...
...with so many previous independent counsel questions involving the administration, Reno had been receiving conflicting advice from within the department. The political implications for the already besieged White House in the Ickes case were immense because a green light for an investigation could have impacted not only the President's tenuous control over the political agenda in Washington but also Al Gore's own ambitions to run for the Oval Office. Placing the Ickes case into the hands of an independent counsel could have opened up a broader inquiry into 1996 Democratic campaign finances. Reno's refusal gives her critics...
...doesn't mean that Starr himself will be around. "Rumors continue to fly that Starr won't stay much longer," says Novak. Already, she reports, there are indications that Starr's top deputy, Jackie Bennett, is preparing to exit. "For the most part," says Novak, "the work of the counsel's office looks like a cleanup operation." But at a cost of $40 million and still counting, Starr's continuing investigations are sure to give Congress pause when it's asked to renew the independent counsel statute later this session...