Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from early on. But the book, which is due out in March, resuscitates some more troubling issues as well: that as an elected official Clinton used state troopers to help him get sex, and as a presidential hopeful he tried to cover up his earlier efforts to avoid the draft...
...portions of First in His Class about the President's attempts to avoid the draft also offer up damning new insight. According to Maraniss, when Clinton ran for Congress in 1974, he was worried about a letter he had written to his ROTC colonel thanking him ``for saving me from the draft.'' ``How Clinton . . . persuaded him to return the letter is unclear,'' Maraniss writes, but the colonel did, and Clinton believed he had put the matter to rest. He had not; an aide to the colonel kept a copy, which did near fatal damage during the '92 campaign...
Though concerned about the draft story, the White House has responded that First in His Class is meaningless. In fact, compared with more tangible assaults on the President's character--namely Paula Jones' pending sexual- harassment lawsuit and the federal investigation into Whitewater--words in a book can barely hurt him. Last week trustees of Clinton's legal-defense fund released a list of donors for its first six months of operation. Celebrities such as Barbra Streisand and Garrison Keillor each put up the maximum $1,000 contribution. So far, 5,865 people have donated $608,000, still short...
...year-old former actor and TV talk-show host is known for his incendiary speeches on the House floor, often after hours. Last week, he was forbidden to speak there for one day after he implied yet again that President Clinton was a traitor for dodging the draft and visiting Moscow while in graduate school. Said Dornan today: "Only God knows the outcome, but I'm ready for what may be the toughest mission of my life...
...year-old former actor and TV talk-show host is known for his incendiary speeches on the House floor, often after hours. Last week, he was forbidden to speak there for one day after he implied yet again that President Clinton was a traitor for dodging the draft and visiting Moscow while in graduate school. Said Dornan today: "Only God knows the outcome, but I'm ready for what may be the toughest mission of my life...