Transcript: Watkins to Face Further Probe of Travel Office Story

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March 22, 1996
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White House independent counsel Kenneth Starr has been given the green light to investigate whether David Watkins may have lied to federal investigators about what happened at the White House Travel Office.

LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: This is All Things Considered. I'm Linda Wertheimer.

ROBERT SIEGEL: And I'm Robert Siegel.

Independent counsel Kenneth Starr will expand his Whitewater probe. Today, a three judge panel authorized Starr to investigate whether former White House aide David Watkins lied to federal investigators. At issue is Hillary Clinton's role in the firing of White House Travel Office employees in 1993. Watkins had said the ...

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