CyberAlert -- 9/24/1999 -- Beatty Better Than Reagan -
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Published on: 9/24/1999
Last Visited: 3/22/2001
1 ) Peter Jennings and Dan Rather delivered nearly identically worded items on Clinton's veto of the tax cut.
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-- Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News : As he said he would , President Clinton today vetoed the Republicans' $ 800 billion tax cut plan.
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Daniel Wehr , FBI Special Agent : The reason given to me was that that's the way the American political process works , and I was scandalized by that..
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Mr. Smith , along with agents Daniel Wehr , Roberta Parker and Kevin Sheridan , told the committee that their Justice Department supervisor , Laura Ingersoll , who eventually was replaced as the campaign-finance probe's lead attorney , prevented them from executing search warrants they sought to stop the destruction of evidence.
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Mr. Wehr also testified that contrary to claims by Miss Reno and other top Justice Department officials that the inquiry would be vigorous and all-encompassing , Miss Ingersoll told the agents they should not pursue any matter related to solicitation of funds for access to the president , adding that the reason given was : That's the way the American political process works..