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...resolve to enforce U.N. restrictions imposed after the Gulf War. Based on past experience, Saddam may back down for a time, but the raid neither damaged his hold on power nor diminished the problem he poses for the incoming Clinton Administration. "This business with Saddam," said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, "is not finished, I can assure...
Aging yuppies love Hemingway. Manly men wannabes are buying Hemingway-brand eyeglasses and Hemingway pens, and doing rugged vacations the Hemingway. In an American Express ad, the owner of Harry's Bar (the author's favorite) ! describes the big guy's love of martinis. Warning for marlin: this trend is dangerous to your health...
...safe for humanitarian aid. Once the so-called secure environment for relief operations ordained by last week's Security Council resolution has been achieved, U.S. troops are supposed to hand over their responsibilities to a smaller, traditional force of U.N. peacekeepers, not yet formed or financed. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater even suggested that the U.S. military operation could be over by Inauguration...
...better steward of taxpayers' money. Top transition aide Warren Christopher initially asked the White House to provide Clinton with government aircraft and the use of Blair House. But Christopher found the costs prohibitive and opted instead for a chartered plane and suites in the Hay-Adams hotel. A wounded Marlin Fitzwater pronounced himself offended by the postgame round of one-upmanship. But when it turned out that the cost of extra security for the hotel made the arrangement a financial wash, the old order and the new declared a truce over who was more perk averse. "If they were offended...
...seemed most unlikely. Noting the army of guards Perot employs, a skeptical former business associate remarked, "The guy's got more security around his family than the Kremlin. And he can't protect a wedding?" Perot in fact admitted he had no proof, and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quickly compared him to someone who had "latched on to UFO theories." Perot does have a history of scenting conspiracies everywhere, and one of his suspicions seems to have inspired a questionable FBI sting. After Perot complained to Dallas police about an alleged Republican plot to wiretap him, Jim Oberwetter, head...