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Stories from the Saturday, January 30, 1999 edition
Analysis: Get ready, America; Lewinsky returns to center stage
WASHINGTON - America has read the book - Kenneth Starr's grand jury interviews of Monica Lewinsky. Now, there may be the opportunity to see the live performance, or at least the videotape.
Feinstein, Collins search for impeachment trial exit
WASHINGTON - From opposite coasts, two U.S. senators have emerged separately as leaders in their parties in putting together strongly worded condemnations of Bill Clinton as a president whose conduct was deplorable, maybe even illegal, but not horrendous enough to get him thrown out of office.
Pro & Con: Should U.S. invest Social Security funds in the market?
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Understanding autism: Personal quest leads local boy's family to create resource library for all
Understanding autism: Personal quest leads local boy's family to create resource library for all
Stories from the Friday, January 29, 1999 edition
Clinton trial likely will end by Feb. 12
WASHINGTON - America could see videotaped interviews with Monica Lewinsky and other witnesses under a Republican plan that could end President Clinton's impeachment trial by Lincoln's Birthday.
Thursday's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: The Senate set a target date of Feb. 12 for finishing with the trial and moving on to other business.
Stories from the Thursday, January 28, 1999 edition
Analysis: At the White House: A hollow way to win
WASHINGTON - In half an hour, it was done. What the prosecution dreaded had come true. The stain of partisanship was etched irrevocably upon the impeachment trial of President Clinton.
Clinton trial moves forward with witness depositions
WASHINGTON - The Clinton impeachment trial will continue for at least several days with witness statements and possibly Senate appearances of Monica Lewinsky and two others, the Senate decided in party line votes Wednesday.
GOP insists on fighting a battle they say they can't win
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans acknowledge that they don't have the votes to convict President Clinton in the impeachment trial, but they remain determined to keep the trial going.
Graham, Mack stick with their parties in impeachment votes
WASHINGTON - Despite past hints that he might go along with Republicans in voting to continue President Clinton's impeachment trial, U.S. Sen. Bob Graham sided with fellow Democrats in votes held Wednesday.
Wednesday's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: By two back-to-back 56-44 votes, the Senate decides not to dismiss the impeachment trial of President Clinton, and to take depositions from witnesses.
Stories from the Wednesday, January 27, 1999 edition
Graham, Hatch seek sanction solution
WASHINGTON - A few steps behind the official Democratic Party line, Sen. Bob Graham of Florida remains too personally troubled to go along with the stand that the case against President Clinton should be dismissed.
Prosecutors want Clinton, Lewinsky to testify
WASHINGTON - Call President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky before the Senate to add "tone and tenor" to their stories, prosecutors urged Tuesday, while Clinton defense lawyers warned such a move would drastically lengthen the impeachment process.
Tuesday's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: The Senate hears arguments about calling witnesses. The House prosecutors say they want to call Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan and Sidney Blumenthal to buttress their case that President Clinton was involved in obstructing justice by trying to cover up his affair. House prosecutors say they also want the Senate to subpoena Clinton.
Stories from the Tuesday, January 26, 1999 edition
Graham drafts censure resolution; Mack sends Clinton questions
WASHINGTON - While Sen. Connie Mack and other Republicans were pressing the White House to have the president answer written questions, Sen. Bob Graham had reached the conclusion that the votes just aren't there to convict him.
Senators mull thier options for an exit strategy
WASHINGTON - It's almost over, but senators are still struggling to come up with a graceful way of exiting from the impeachment trial.
Vote to dismiss charges against Clinton may come Tuesday
WASHINGTON - With a motion to dismiss hanging over President Clinton's impeachment trial, prosecutors warned Monday that to end the trial now would leave the "sad drama" unsettled, while the president's defense team said, "It is time to end it."
Stories from the Sunday, January 24, 1999 edition
House prosecutors may hear new Lewinsky testimony
WASHINGTON - The Clinton impeachment trial turned starkly partisan Saturday, with Democrats howling over a move by House prosecutors to hear new testimony from Monica Lewinsky, while a leading Republican said he'd be willing to lose his job to defend "equal justice."
Stories from the Saturday, January 23, 1999 edition
Bumpers defends Clinton on one day, opposes him on another
WASHINGTON - After what Dale Bumpers himself considers the best speech of his life - defending President Clinton at the impeachment trial - the former senator from Arkansas now plans to take on a new adversary: Clinton.
Conservative conundrum: Clinton getting stronger
ARLINGTON, Va. - Having succeeded beyond what many of them once imagined possible, conservatives find themselves frustrated and gloomy as the Senate weighs whether to remove President Clinton from office.
Each side interprets the facts differently in Clinton case
WASHINGTON - After six days of arguments and spin by the prosecution and defense teams, it's still the same set of facts. It's only the fudge that's disputed in the impeachment trial of President Clinton.
Friday's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: Senators begin submitting questions to members of the prosecution and the defense teams. The questions are submitted in writing to Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who reads the questions aloud. Rehnquist takes turns reading questions by Democrats and Republicans. An answer is supposed to be limited to five minutes.
Senior senator will move to stop impeachment of Clinton
WASHINGTON - A respected Senate Democrat, Robert Byrd, said Friday that he will move to stop the impeachment trial against President Clinton on Monday, one of the growing number of signs that the first-ever trial of an elected president may be nearing an end.
Stories from the Friday, January 22, 1999 edition
Clinton defense wraps up case; Senators' questions next
WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Dale Bumpers, a longtime Bill Clinton friend, acknowledged Thursday that the president was guilty of "indefensible" and "shameless" conduct, but urged his former colleagues to avoid the "havoc" that removing him from office would cause America.
Impeachment witnesses: Familiar faces, familiar stories
WASHINGTON - If the Senate decides to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Clinton, don't expect another O.J. Simpson-style spectacle.
Today's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: President Clinton's private attorney, David Kendall, defends his client against an obstruction of justice charge in the impeachment trial, saying the president didn't encourage false affidavits. Dale Bumpers, a former Democratic senator from Arkansas, summarizes the case for the defense.
Stories from the Thursday, January 21, 1999 edition
Bumpers expected to be persuasive Clinton defender
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats agree that President Clinton made a smart choice in asking former Sen. Dale Bumpers, an Arkansas friend and orator, to make the closing impeachment defense argument on Thursday.
Clinton only guilty of 'nit-picking,' lawyer says
WASHINGTON - The perjury charge against President Clinton is so vague, technical and "frivolous" that to remove him from office based on the allegation would endanger the future of the presidency, a White House lawyer said Wednesday.
Democrats up, GOP down as Clinton's star shines
WASHINGTON - Democrats were buoyed and Republicans defensive Wednesday as the political momentum on impeachment appeared to shift in President Clinton's favor following his State of the Union speech and two days of vigorous defense by his attorneys.
Today's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: White House special counsel Gregory Craig tried to punch holes in the perjury charge against President Clinton in the impeachment trial Wednesday, saying the accusation lacked specificity. After a recess, White House deputy counsel Cheryl Mills defended Clinton against the charge of obstruction of justice.
White House lawyer wows the Senate
White House deputy counsel Cheryl Mills, 33, attractive and persuasive, soft-spoken and smart, wowed the Senate and onlookers Wednesday with her defense of President Clinton on obstruction of justice charges.
Stories from the Wednesday, January 20, 1999 edition
Analysis: Clinton appears forceful, optimistic in address to nation
WASHINGTON - State of the Union 1999 was "Twilight Zone" and "Night of the Living Dead" rolled into one bizarre evening of dueling dialogue and zombies in the audience in the same chamber where President Clinton was impeached one month ago.
Clinton defenders seek to raise doubt about accusations
WASHINGTON - Beginning with a blunt statement that "William Jefferson Clinton is not guilty," White House counsel Charles Ruff on Tuesday urged the Senate to avoid "that horrific moment in our history" that would result from removing the president from office.
Clinton team picks up the ball in impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - White House counsel Charles Ruff finally got his chance Tuesday to tell the Senate that the House has put together an "empty vessel to be filled with some witches brew" when it impeached President Clinton.
Dunn resurfaces after failed majority leader bid
WASHINGTON - Against the backdrop of a floodlit Capitol, Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-Wash., returned to center stage Tuesday, delivering the GOP response to President Clinton's State of the Union speech just a month after losing her bid to become House majority leader.
Florida's congressional delegation reacts to Clinton trial
WASHINGTON - The tune changed suddenly on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, almost as soon as White House counsel Charles F.C. Ruff completed his opening speech to senator-jurors in defense of President Clinton on the fourth day of Clinton's impeachment trial.
Highlights of the State of the Union speech
WHAT HAPPENED: In his State of the Union address, President Clinton proposes to fund Social Security primarily with budget surpluses. He also proposes spending billions of dollars for programs such as school construction, a patient's bill of rights, expanded Medicare, expanded child-care programs, an increase in the minimum wage, new state grants for mental health and drug treatment programs, and new environmental initiatives to counter urban sprawl.
State of the Union speech creates high drama
WASHINGTON - Standing before the House that has impeached him and the Senate that will decide whether to remove him from office, William Jefferson Clinton on Tuesday ignored the scandal that has engulfed his presidency in favor of the policies he hopes will be his legacy.
Text of Clinton's State of the Union address
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, honored guests, my fellow Americans.
Text of the Republican Response to the State of the Union address
Text of the Republican response, by Reps. Jennifer Dunn, R-Wash., and Steve Largent, R-Okla., to President Clinton's State of the Union address.
Today's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: White Counsel Charles Ruff gives a low-key, detailed defense of President Clinton in the impeachment trial before the Senate.
Stories from the Sunday, January 17, 1999 edition
Presidency 'permanently damaged' if Clinton not removed, Senate told
WASHINGTON - President Clinton engaged in "egregious and dishonorable behavior" and the presidency would be "deeply and perhaps permanently damaged" if the Senate failed to remove him, his chief prosecutor told senators weighing his fate Saturday.
Stories from the Saturday, January 16, 1999 edition
In deciding Clinton's fate, senators have no road map
WASHINGTON - While some senators say they are struggling as lawyers with the impeachment of President Clinton, Sen. Bill Frist, a former heart surgeon, says he's judging the case as he would study a patient's chart.
Lott's association with supremacist group questioned
WASHINGTON - While shepherding the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott of Mississippi has been struggling with a potentially damaging political embarrassment of his own.
Republicans push for witnesses, present more evidence
WASHINGTON - The Senate must either accept the record showing that President Clinton "lied again and again in a perjurious fashion to a grand jury" and obstructed justice, or call Monica Lewinsky and other witnesses to test the evidence, prosecutors said Friday.
Today's highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: The prosecutors summarize the evidence against President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in the impeachment trial being conducted in the Senate.
Stories from the Friday, January 15, 1999 edition
As trial begins, partisan outbreak over a meeting
WASHINGTON - Three Senate Republicans met privately with House prosecutors this week, angering Democrats and threatening bipartisan cooperation at the opening of President Clinton's impeachment trial.
Clinton's plan to speak Tuesday gets partisan reactions
WASHINGTON - Republicans have reluctantly accepted President Clinton's decision to go forward with his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night only hours after his attorneys are scheduled to argue before the Senate that he should not be removed from office.
Floridians freeze to sieze 15 minutes of political history
WASHINGTON - Outside the plush, velvet-curtained cocoon of the Senate chamber where the impeachment trial of President Clinton began Thursday, hundreds of visitors huddled for hours in the freezing rain just to get a 15-minute glimpse.
Highlights of the impeachment trial
WHAT HAPPENED: The 13 House Republican prosecutors begin making their case on charges that President Clinton committed perjury in grand jury testimony and obstructed justice in covering up his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Prosecutors charge that Clinton committed "criminal acts" and should be removed from office because he "engaged in a conspiracy of crimes."
Prosecutors: Clinton engaged in 'conspiracy of crimes'
WASHINGTON - President Clinton "piled perjury on top of perjury" while "engaged in a conspiracy of crimes" the U.S. Senate was told Thursday as prosecutors for the first time in history presented evidence supporting impeachment of an elected president.
Tickets for impeachment trial are hard to get
WASHINGTON - They are the "Cinderella's slipper" of the Senate impeachment trial - the tickets that will turn those who visit the Senate in the next few weeks from tourists to history's witnesses.
Stories from the Thursday, January 14, 1999 edition
A look at the men who will prosecute the president
They were all lawyers before they were congressmen, and they'll all be trying the case for impeachment against President Clinton. But who are the 13 House managers?
A schedule for the impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Here's the tentative schedule for the impeachment trial of President Clinton:
Analysis: Clinton frustrated on eve of Senate trial
WASHINGTON - Uncharacteristically quiet and glum, President Clinton is a frustrated bystander while the Senate puts him on trial and scholars debate the worth of his presidency.
Analysis: What to watch for on TV during the Senate trial
WASHINGTON - Forget O.J. Simpson, and don't even think about Court TV.
Facts about the impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Here's what you need to know about the impeachment trial of President Clinton:
Prosecutors will fire first salvo in Clinton's trial
WASHINGTON - Exactly one year after an FBI wiretap recorded the stunning words of Monica Lewinsky describing an affair with President Clinton, lawyers on Wednesday prepared for the opening salvo in the impeachment trial to determine Clinton's political future.
Stories from the Saturday, January 9, 1999 edition
An uneasy compromise in Senate - divisions remain
WASHINGTON - It's been 140 years since there's been a real fight on the Senate floor, but friction in the "world's greatest deliberative body" over the rules of engagement for President Clinton's impeachment trial threatens new acrimony and anarchy.
Jennifer Maddox: Impeachment is as framers anticipated
WASHINGTON - The difference in style between the House and the Senate has never been so stark as it has been over the past month when the subject involved removing a president.
Senators reach agreement on impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - The historic Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton will go forward in earnest next week under an agreement reached Friday during an extraordinary meeting of all 100 senators.
Stories from the Friday, January 8, 1999 edition
A definition of the legal terms in the impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Having gotten off to a ceremonial start, the first Senate trial of a sitting president in 130 years eventually will get down to business, with a top priority being to set the legal ground rules for the coming weeks or months.
Highlights of the impeachment trial: Day 1
What happened: Chief Justice William Rehnquist administered an oath to the 100 senators who swore to be "impartial" in judging two articles of impeachment in the trial of President Clinton. Rehnquist also took an oath.
Impeachment trial begins, but next step is undetermined
WASHINGTON - The Senate convened the first presidential impeachment trial in 130 years Thursday following the solemn presentation of perjury and obstruction of justice charges against William Jefferson Clinton, the nation's 42nd president, but the course of future proceedings remains in doubt.
It's not 'Perry Mason,' senators say as trial begins
WASHINGTON - It's been almost a year since Monica Lewinsky became a household word, and senators say they now know as much about President Clinton's White House dalliances as everyone else.
Pomp and history in Senate trial; chaos behind the scenes
WASHINGTON - One senator said the view from the Senate floor reminded him of a hanging. Another said he sat there musing over the meaning of the four gold stripes on the black robe worn by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. A third said she was caught in awe of the seriousness of the occasion.
Republicans, at a low in polls, don't think it will last
WASHINGTON - Do Republicans have a political death wish in pushing an impeachment trial that seems unnecessary and unfair to a majority of Americans, or are GOP leaders right in thinking it won't hurt their party?
Stories from the Thursday, January 7, 1999 edition
Florida Democrat breaks ranks on trial question
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bob Graham of Miami Lakes broke free from his Democratic colleagues on Wednesday, saying he wants to see a full-blown trial against President Clinton and the chance to decide a verdict on each of the two articles of impeachment.
Impeachment trial opens today - mostly ceremony
WASHINGTON - The Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton opens Thursday against a backdrop of bitter partisan division, with Republicans insisting that witnesses be permitted to testify and Democrats adamantly opposed.
On eve of Senate trial, Clinton is both angry and contrite
WASHINGTON - Preparing for the trial of his life, President Clinton is being called "arrogant" and "flippant" as well as "deeply sorry."
Senate leader Trent Lott: A profile
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Trent Lott has made it clear that the last thing he wants to do is lead the Senate into the 21st century by conducting an impeachment trial of President Clinton.
The history of the term "high crimes and misdemeanors"
WASHINGTON - What the Constitution means today by the archaic phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" is dogging the impeachment debate involving President Clinton.
Stories from the Wednesday, January 6, 1999 edition
A course in the Senate impeachment trial 101
WASHINGTON - Guided by three short sentences in the Constitution, the Senate this week embarks on the impeachment trial of President Clinton with no clear idea of what the founders intended, or where the process will end.
Clinton impeachment trial to start Thursday
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday will begin the nation's first impeachment trial of a president in 130 years even though there is no consensus on what procedures will be followed, how long the trial will last or whether witnesses will be called.
Clinton's big decision: Should I testify?
WASHINGTON - President Clinton's legal team is wrestling with several momentous questions while preparing a possible defense for an impeachment trial, including whether Clinton should testify in his own behalf.
Rehnquist the ideal manager to handle Senate trail
WASHINGTON - As Chief Justice William Rehnquist prepares to preside over the first Senate trial of a president in 130 years, he could do worse than heed the advice of the man he beat out for a Supreme Court appointment in 1971.
Stories from the Thursday, December 24, 1998 edition
Analysis: Clinton hangs tough
WASHINGTON - President Clinton's refusal to admit lying before a federal grand jury is emerging as the major obstacle in the way of coming to an agreement with Congress to avert a Senate trial.
Russia searches for new world role
MOSCOW - The recent U.S.-British bombardment of Iraq both inflamed nationalist passions in Russia and provoked a sharp diplomatic response: for the first time in decades, Moscow recalled its ambassadors to both Washington and London for consultations.
U.S. forces will remain in Gulf long-term
WASHINGTON - President Clinton's national security adviser said Wednesday that U.S. military forces will be kept in the Persian Gulf indefinitely to contain Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein while the United States encourages the development of an opposition government.
Stories from the Tuesday, December 22, 1998 edition
Clinton goes about business as usual despite impeachment
WASHINGTON - The White House said Monday it is business as usual for President Clinton, and announced a Christmas week schedule that includes visiting a soup kitchen, reading Christmas stories to children, and visiting with families of the victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing.
Goss to help friend Hastert in new role
WASHINGTON - When Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., becomes speaker of the House in January, he will be seeking counsel in his new role from one of his long-time confidants, Porter Goss.
Saddam Hussein keeps iron grip on Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein's grip on life in Iraq shows no signs of slipping, in spite of four days of intensive bombing of his command-and-control centers.
U.N. to try to salvage a policy on Iraq
UNITED NATIONS - With no guarantee that President Saddam Hussein's military ambitions have been crushed by four days of military attacks, the United Nations will begin an agonizing reappraisal Monday of its failed strategy for containing Iraq.
Stories from the Sunday, December 20, 1998 edition
A minority of moderates dominated impeachment vote
WASHINGTON - The House vote Saturday on the four bills of impeachment against President Clinton were studies in extremes.
Analysis: A tumultuous day propels historic vote
WASHINGTON - After one of the most tumultuous, surreal days in American politics, it was surprising to step outside and find the sun still shining and the shopping malls full.
Analysis: Livingston lost footing on slippery slope of the sex wars
WASHINGTON - The stain of sexual indiscretion that Republicans hoped would unseat President Clinton unexpectedly claimed another GOP victim Saturday as Bob Livingston said he would resign rather become the next speaker of the House of Representatives.
Clinton impeachment now goes to Senate for trial
WASHINGTON - With the House voting to impeach President Clinton, he now faces the prospect of a trial in the Senate as early as January.
Clinton, bouyed by House Democrats, will fight for job
WASHINGTON - Holding his wife's hand as though it were a lifeline, President Clinton strode into a tight mass of Democratic legislators on the grass behind the Oval Office Saturday to insist he intends to stay in office until "the last hour of the last day" of his term.
Day of Decision: What it was like for one GOP moderate
WASHINGTON - On the morning she would cast one of the most important votes of her career, Rep. Heather Wilson of New Mexico wondered aloud what her predecessor would have thought and said.
Dennis Hastert: A behind-the-scenes leader jumps to the fore
WASHINGTON - A little-known Illinois Republican is considered an early front-runner in the race to replace Bob Livingston as incoming speaker of the House.
Hillary Rodham Clinton rises to defense of her husband
WASHINGTON - On the cold, cloudy day when the House of Representatives voted to impeach the president of the United States, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton went to Capitol Hill to tell Democratic lawmakers that she loves and believes in her husband.
Impeached Clinton asks for 'fairness' from Senate
WASHINGTON - William Jefferson Clinton Saturday became the second president in the nation's history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting the stage for what appears likely to be the political trial of the century in the Senate.
Impeachment: 'We all need a time out,' Goss says
WASHINGTON - Rep. Porter Goss will not lose any sleep over his decision Saturday to vote for three articles of impeachment against President Clinton.
Like Gulf War, Operation Desert Fox won't resolve crisis
WASHINGTON - When the dust clears from Operation Desert Fox, which ended Saturday night after four days of bombing Iraqi military targets, its results are likely to resemble those of the Persian Gulf War that ended nearly eight years ago.
On historic day, business as usual outside the White House
WASHINGTON - Neither the impeachment of the president of the United States, nor the decision of the speaker-elect of the House to step aside, or even U.S. bombs falling on Iraq, could halt the slap-dash action of the weekly street hockey game outside the White House.
Through the looking glass at the Capitol
WASHINGTON - As the sun broke over the Capitol grounds on a wintry morning Saturday, a handful of protesters began assembling outside the House for one last appeal around the sign; "Defend Bill Or Else The Inquisition Will Get You."
Wall street ponders the price of impeachment
WASHINGTON - Will the American public and their pocketbooks pay a price for impeachment politics, as played to date by Congress and the White House?
Stories from the Saturday, December 19, 1998 edition
Analysis: The gravity and ineloquence of impeachment
WASHINGTON - For the first time in 130 years, Congress set the stage for a near party line vote Saturday to impeach a U.S. president for a reason that will be debated as long as there is history: Lying under oath about sex.
Bitter debate preludes impeachment vote
WASHINGTON - In an atmosphere of raw partisanship and against a backdrop of international crisis, a bitterly divided House prepared Friday to impeach a president for only the second time in U.S. history.
Defense officials hope to wrap up bombing barrage soon
WASHINGTON - Defense officials were increasingly optimistic Friday that the Iraqi bombing barrage can be wrapped up soon, perhaps after only one more night of air attacks.
Ethicists see worrisome deterioration in impeachment
WASHINGTON - Is it hypocrisy when the president can be impeached for marital infidelity and lying about it - and a number of his accusers are shown to be unfaithful and unforthcoming?
Goss' letter to Samuel Berger
The Honorable Samuel R. Berger
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Goss: Why weren't lawmakers notified before the attack?
WASHINGTON - While the House focused on impeachment Friday, Rep. Porter Goss was still trying to get an answer from the White House about why national security officials did not notify members of the House Intelligence Committee in advance of the Iraq bombing this week.
If Clinton is impeached, what happens next?
WASHINGTON - Imagine: Bill Clinton in the well of the Senate, testifying to save his political life while Chief Justice William Rehnquist and 100 senators listen intently to Rep. Henry Hyde's efforts to shake the president's story.
Impeachment scene: Away from cameras, anger spills over
WASHINGTON - The tourist lines in front of the National Gallery to see the Vincent van Gogh exhibit Friday were longer than those at the Capitol to watch the historic but low-key parliamentary battle in the House over impeaching President Clinton.
Navy Observatory: Iraqis are rushing Ramadan
WASHINGTON - American astronomical experts said Muslim clerics in Baghdad, apparently hoping to end U.S. air strikes, have fired ceremonial cannons announcing the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan at least two days early.
Stories from the Friday, December 18, 1998 edition
Analysis: Element of surprise has been key to success of U.S. attack
WASHINGTON - The 250 U.S. cruise missiles that tore through Iraq's night sky Wednesday formed the first phalanx of a carefully crafted war plan with relatively modest goals.
Arab world detects U.S. double-standard
CAIRO - Palestinians burned American flags Thursday that just a day earlier had decorated their streets to mark the visit of Bill Clinton to their homeland, the first ever by an American president.
Bombing could strengthen Saddam, experts warn
WASHINGTON - The U.S. bombing of Iraq means the end of United Nations weapons inspections, the permanent deployment of U.S troops in the Middle East, and a strengthened Saddam Hussein, Middle East experts warn.
Clinton on attack: What I did was right for the country
WASHINGTON - Trying to keep his head above political quicksand, President Clinton vehemently denied Thursday that the looming impeachment vote had anything to do with his decision as commander-in-chief to bomb Iraq.
Congress lines up behind decision, not president who made it
WASHINGTON - Somberly and somewhat grudgingly, House Republicans lined up Thursday behind the military action of a president they still plan to impeach.
Florida Republicans want to go ahead with impeachment debate
WASHINGTON - After voting overwhelmingly to support U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf, the House quickly turned back to the subject of impeachment, scheduling debate to begin this morning.
GOP sets Friday impeachment debate over Democratic protests
WASHINGTON - Republicans on Thursday advanced the impeachment case against President Clinton to the House floor for a debate Friday, despite U.S. airstrikes against Iraq and a stunning admission of extramarital affairs by their new leader.
In 1974, Nixon faced impeachment and questions about war
WASHINGTON - Democrats are suggesting that it's disloyal for Republicans to express doubts about the president's war policy while U.S. troops are in combat.
Livingston shocks GOP with admission of adultery
WASHINGTON - Incoming House Speaker Bob Livingston of Louisiana confessed to having had multiple adulterous affairs during his congressional career at a closed-door meeting of Republican lawmakers Thursday evening.
NATO allies mostly support airstrikes, others critical
Fear of greater instability in the Middle East and a surge of sympathy for the Iraqi people led many Thursday to oppose U.S. and British airstrikes on Baghdad. Most NATO allies, however, backed the attacks.
New round of airstrikes as Clinton vows to complete mission
WASHINGTON - The United States hit Iraq with a second wave of punishing airstrikes Thursday after attacking more than 50 sensitive targets in the first assault. President Clinton vowed "I'm going to complete this mission" even as Republicans forced the opening Friday of a divisive impeachment debate.
Officials: Hussein not directly in U.S. sights
WASHINGTON - Is Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein a target of the current bombing campaign?
Second night of U.S. attacks hit Iraq, 25 reported killed
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Buildings shook and parts of Baghdad's skyline glowed orange late Thursday as U.S. missiles exploded in a second night of American airstrikes on Iraq. At least 25 people were killed in the two rounds of attacks, an Iraqi official said.
Security Council bitterly divided and paralyzed after attacks
UNITED NATIONS - The airstrikes against Iraq have bitterly divided the U.N. Security Council, leaving it unable to decide on any course of action to resolve the conflict over weapons inspections.
The Butler Report: Here's why Clinton felt he must attack
WASHINGTON - In the summer of 1997, the recently appointed United Nations disarmament envoy Richard Butler issued a sunny report as he left Baghdad: "Destruction of weapons relating to chemical warfare is taking place in Iraq."
U.S. unleashes B-1 B bomber in Iraq attack
WASHINGTON - Officials announced Thursday night that a B-1 B bomber had flown a mission into Iraq and returned to base, marking the first time the aircraft has been used in a combat situation.
Stories from the Thursday, December 17, 1998 edition
A guide to cruise missiles - the weapons of choice
WASHINGTON - During the Persian Gulf War, and three times since, cruise missiles have formed the centerpiece of America's air strikes against Iraq.
Amid holiday setting, lawmakers take on bleak tasks
WASHINGTON - As the sounds of Christmas carols and tinkling glasses filled the corridors of Congress on Wednesday, lawmakers streamed back to Washington to weigh impeaching President Clinton.
Analysis: At the White House, war
WASHINGTON - In a stunning development Wednesday, President Clinton fought to re-establish his credibility as he became the first president to go to war on the eve of a scheduled impeachment vote.
Clinton's decision to attack creates howls from critics
WASHINGTON - Americans traditionally rally around presidents in times of foreign crisis, but a damaged Bill Clinton heard almost as much criticism as support Wednesday for ordering military strikes against Iraq.
Eight years of Iraq
WASHINGTON - First, there was Operation Desert Shield, then came Desert Storm, then Provide Comfort I and II, and Northern and Southern Watch. Later came Operation Desert Focus, followed by Desert Strike.
Goss upset that he wasn't notified of impending attack
WASHINGTON - As House members shifted their attention from impeachment to a military strike against Iraq on Wednesday, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee called for an investigation into how the military operation came together.
House leaders postpone impeachment vote
WASHINGTON - In a dramatic twist to the constitutional crisis that has gripped the nation, House Republican leaders decided Wednesday to postpone a historic debate and vote on impeachment after the United States launched a military attack on Iraq.
On brink of war with Iraq, the likely targets - and why
WASHINGTON - As America attacked Iraq Wednesday for the third time in President Clinton's tenure, U.S. military leaders again identified the purpose of an air strike against Iraq as two-pronged:
Post-war Iraqi army still no pushover, U.S. leaders warn
WASHINGTON - Eight years ago, at the dawn of the Gulf War, the military forces of Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein numbered more than 1 million men, nearly 6,000 tanks and 700 warplanes.
U.S. launches missile attack against Iraq
WASHINGTON - The United States launched a "substantial" missile attack against Iraq Wednesday for its refusal to allow international inspectors to hunt unhindered for weapons of mass destruction material in the Persian Gulf nation.
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