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Article: Hillary's ethics get sharp defense: Clinton threatens poke at columnist.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 10, 1996
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The White House moved swiftly yesterday to stem a new flood of Whitewater and related allegations suddenly washing over first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Moving at campaign speed, the president's spokesman took sharp offense at a column by William Safire in the New York Times, suggesting that Mr. Clinton would like to punch him in the nose.
Driving the furor is two memorandums that place Mrs. Clinton at the center of episodes under investigation by Congress - one showing her as behind the firing of seven employees in the White House travel office, the other raising issues about her legal work for Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan.
The ...