Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nightline," nearly everyone -- all of whom seemed to be National Review lawman Stuart Taylor, who managed to use the word "phalanx" in three separate clips without giggling once -- compared Clinton's seemingly airtight denial to earlier Gennifer Flowers statements, which are widely rumored to have been retracted under oath by Bill at the Paula Jones deposition. "There's a reason we're parsing," Mary Matalin, GOP apologist and Carville wife told Williams: "We're talking about a kid and a President who should know better...
...career, but probably none that felt as confining as the one in which he found himself Saturday. In the 11th-floor conference room of the Washington offices of his lawyer Robert Bennett, just two blocks from the White House, Clinton became the first sitting President to be questioned under oath as a defendant in a court case. There he momentarily set aside the noble task of searching for his place in history--part of his preparations for the State of the Union address--in order to answer questions more suited to a giggly teen's game of Truth or Dare...
...terms by 1959, when the President madehis decision to suspend Harvard's use of fundsauthorized by the National Defense Education Act.The government monies, which provided a largeamount of loan funds and outright grants everyyear, came with long and binding strings attached.Every recipient was required not only to sign aloyalty oath but also to sign a document attestingthat the beneficiary had not been a member of anumber of subversive organizations...
...process notwithstanding, it seems Clinton has already been found guilty in the court of public opinion. An overnight CNN-USA Today poll shows half the respondents firmly believe the President has lied under oath about his relationship with Lewinsky. At least Clinton is given the benefit of the doubt over suborning perjury: only 39 percent believe he told his former intern to lie about their affair...
...speech, he is sadly mistaken. Allegations are multiplying at a frightening rate: The Washington Post reports Thursday that "sources familiar with his testimony" say Clinton's sworn deposition Saturday included his first acknowledgment that he had an affair with Gennifer Flowers. He's also alleged to have admitted under oath that he gave Lewinsky presents. The gag order in the Paula Jones case means no one can go on the record to confirm or deny this, but it's all grist to the Washington rumor mill...