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...Cutler, at 24th and M streets. Over coffee and sandwiches, an exhausted but clear-headed Baird rehashed her day with a group that would include her husband Paul Gewirtz, Cutler, fellow fortysomething lawyer Terrence Adamson and Secretary of State Warren Christopher. By 10:45, Baird concluded that she must withdraw her nomination. "She said, 'Look, this is so controversial it would be crippling for the President and the department even if we won,' " said Adamson. Soon after, Christopher phoned White House chief of staff Thomas ("Mack") McLarty and pulled her name...
...appeal designed to tug heartstrings. But Baird's apologia did not play well in Peoria -- or the rest of America. Irate callers jammed the phone lines of radio and cable stations across the country, denouncing her tax dodging and calling on her to withdraw. The switchboard on Capitol Hill lit up as constituents weighed in with their representatives. In a single day, Senator Paul Simon's Washington office logged 1,000 calls. "In 18 years in the Senate," said Senator Patrick Leahy, "I had never seen so many telephone calls, spontaneously, in such a short period." Senator Nancy Kassebaum...
...TOOK ROUGHLY 36 HOURS FOR THE CLINTON ADministration to hit a snag. Zoe Baird had left a tough Senate confirmation hearing at 9:30 p.m. Thursday insisting she would not withdraw her name as Attorney General-designate. By midnight she had changed her mind: criticisms of her admittedly illegal hiring of undocumented Peruvians as servants had grown quite heated, and presidential support had turned decidedly lukewarm. In an exchange of letters released by the White House at 1:22 a.m. Friday, Bill Clinton accepted her pullout "with sadness." Feminist groups immediately began pressing Clinton to name another woman...
...alike. She had freely admitted hiring undocumented workers, to both Administration officials and Senators who were questioning her, and they had generally brushed it off as "an honest mistake." But within 72 hours, her nomination was unsalvageable, and she became the first U.S. Cabinet nominee in 120 years to withdraw her name from consideration...
...Israeli army's job of policing the Gaza Strip more difficult than ever. Soldiers are constantly stoned and more and more frequently shot at; several deadly attacks on civilians inside Israel itself have been committed by religious Gazans. Many Israelis have begun to argue that Israel should unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip and leave it to its misery...