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...explained that since anyone appointed by her would still be seen as her operative, it would be better for experienced department investigators to carry on. With Reno's blessing, Justice officials picked a prosecutor with impeccable Republican credentials -- Donald Mackay, a fraud-section lawyer who was once a Nixon-appointed U.S. attorney -- to direct the criminal investigation of Madison and Whitewater. Which of these scandals will dog the President? Perhaps not the sexual imbroglio -- Americans knew Clinton had sinned but elected him anyway. Says William E. Leuchtenburg, professor of history at the University of North Carolina: ''It's one question...
...said to reporters but for what he said to the FBI and the grand jury. The indictments suggest that the aide whose aim was to spin the war might have tried to spin the prosecutor. "Lying was a remarkable act of stupidity on Libby's part," says Richard Nixon's former White House counsel John Dean. "He's old enough to know better. He watched Watergate and Iran-contra. To try to pull the leg of the grand jury was really quite remarkable...
...words have altered lives, some quite prominent: Charles Colson was exposed to Lewis when he had the conversion that eventually transformed him from a jailed Nixon henchman to a mover in Evangelical politics and ideas; Domino's Pizza billionaire Thomas Monaghan has credited one chapter of Mere Christianity with his decision to sell his major assets and work to "populate heaven" via conservative Roman Catholic giving; the Lewis-abetted faith of National Human Genome Research Institute leader Francis Collins has proved that you can believe in both evolution and God. Other admirers have included Pope John Paul II, Greek Orthodox...
...wounds are too deep. When a large part of the problem is a war, you really have to change the most fundamental policies. Iraq is wrecking George Bush's presidency. People said about Vietnam, You can't just cut and run, that there will be these horrible consequences. But Nixon finally did just leave...
...MONICA CROWLEY Author, Nixon in Winter For too long this President has allowed his opponents to set his agenda. To regain control over the dialogue, he has to rally the base. No President can survive without core support. For Nixon, the final nail in the coffin was when Barry Goldwater said, There's nothing we can do for you. Bush can win back his base with his next Supreme Court choice. He should also get back to his original domestic agenda and his strengths on the foreign-policy side. He should talk about progress being made in Iraq...