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...economic sanctions against Iraq and the fragile coalition that won the Gulf War have been disintegrating. As the Iraqi people starve and the Iraqi government increasingly evades the sanctions, nations from Syria to Russia to France have made it clear that some sort of change is necessary; the status quo is untenable. To revitalize the effort to install weapons inspectors on the ground in Iraq and to solidify the coalition supporting sanctions, the United States should immediately encourage more lenient and flexible sanctions, an expansion of international humanitarian aid to Iraq and direct U.S. assistance to Iraq's people...
...action. The men, convicted of stealing millions in federal funds, all received clemency. Investigators say they know lawyers for the men met with both President Clinton and Senator-elect Clinton after the election - but it's pre-election contact everyone's interested in. Both Clintons deny any quid pro quo; Hillary told reporters in January that she "did not play any role whatsoever" in the discussions. "I had no opinion about...
...BURTON AND WAXMAN SHOW (3/01/01 [p.m.] Podesta, Nolan and Lindsey testify, along with Jack Quinn, in a very long day before the House Government Reform Committee. During their often contentious exchanges, the witnesses insist there was no quid pro quo between Marc Rich's sponsors and President Clinton - or the President's financial interests. All but Quinn vehemently underscore their personal opposition to the Rich pardon, insisting they never thought the President would grant it. Ongoing appeals on behalf of Marc Rich from outgoing Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, Podesta says, may well have played a decisive role in Clinton...
...compensation may have made sense when the only means of distributing music was through the sale of cassettes and CDs--the companies that made music portable deserved a slice of the pie. But as technology has progressed, the vested interest of the recording industry in maintaining the status quo threatens to undermine new and better ways of distributing music...
...pardon emerged as both universally abhorrent and colossally stupid. Rich's ex-wife, Denise, spent the last two years of Clinton's administration pouring money into Democratic causes, including Hillary Clinton's Senate race, as well as Clinton's presidential library fund. Was it a direct quid pro quo for her ex-husband's pardon? Legally, the criminal intent is nearly impossible to prove. But it doesn't really matter - appearances alone are bad enough to make everyone involved look pretty crooked...