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...rising tide of Cuban refugees has prompted Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles to declare an "immigration state of emergency," mobilizing the National Guard and state agencies. But Chiles' subsequent plea for federal action and financial assistance got a cool reception in Washington, where Attorney General Janet Reno -- a Floridian herself -- said the Administration was managing the problem "in an orderly way and without disruption." But the federal government may be poised to reverse its 30-year-old Cuban policy: instead of allowing immigrants to stay in the U.S., they may be intercepted or turned back. Short of that, sources tell TIME...
...then, just hours after the hearings had come to a close, the nightmare began again. A three-judge panel in Washington stunned the White House by replacing independent counsel Robert Fiske, who had been chosen by Attorney General Janet Reno in January, with Kenneth Starr, a tough, conservative lawyer who served as solicitor general under George Bush. The panel, acting under a law passed by Congress earlier this year, wanted to guarantee that the Whitewater investigation would be truly independent...
...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...
Three of the article's many authors are affiliated with Harvard: Janet M. Grimes, a biostatistician at the School of Public Health, Martin S. Hirsch, professor of medicine, and Stephen W. Lagakos, professor of biostatistics...
...soon be facing an independent-counsel investigation. This time it's Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, who's accused of accepting travel and gifts from Tyson Foods Inc, the largest U.S. poultry processor and a firm with close ties to Clinton. Within two weeks, the Washington Post reports, Attorney Janet Reno will move on plans to request an independent counsel, who may widen the probe to include top USDA aides. Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers reports the president has "absolute confidence" in Espy, who denies any wrongdoing...