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...taxes and $10,134 in accrued interest to the U.S. Treasury and $514 in taxes and $652 in interest to the state of Arkansas. Employing a phrase that became notorious during Watergate, John Broder of the Los Angeles Times wryly asked if the previous explanation had become "inoperative." John Podesta, the White House staff secretary, replied half jokingly, "That's inoperative...
...within the White House no one is allowed to voice anything that sounds like criticism of Hillary. The last person who tried -- staff secretary John Podesta, who suggested that Mrs. Clinton might have had something to do with the dismissal of the White House travel-office staff -- was banished from the inner circle for months. It would take considerable bravery for a Clinton aide to face the President with advice to agree to a special counsel and let the chips fall where they may, since some of those chips might fall on his wife's head. Late last week, nonetheless...
...Official Clinton campaign Line is that while the two good ol' boys were fighting the geek with a policy was talking issues with his new economic plan, called "Putting People First." As Democratic consultant Tony Podesta put it, "the news about Clinton is substantive and future-oriented--and about the others guys, it's about shady transactions...
Though civil libertarians had expected to lose in Hand's court, they were still stunned by the breadth of the ruling. Despite the likelihood of a reversal on appeal, Hand's decision "gives Fundamentalists a two-year supply of matches to remove what they disagree with," charges Anthony Podesta, president of People for the American Way, the liberal lobbying group that helped secure legal counsel for a group of parents who opposed the challenge to the books. "The judge has stood the First Amendment on its head...
...Bennett winds up his second year in the job, some of his erstwhile critics have begun to revise his grades upward. Says Anthony Podesta, president of the Washington-based liberal lobby People for the American Way: "He used to be more a seeker of headlines than educational excellence. Now he is increasingly more responsible." Bennett may be ineffectual in getting legislation passed; indeed, both Congress and academe fault him for abandoning the traditional role of ombudsman on Capitol Hill for educational programs and funding. However most observers agree that he has been a resounding success at stirring up national discussion...