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There with former federal prosecutors stephen den haag he served as associate independent counsel for ken starr during the investigation into president bill clinton he is in miami all right what was your assessment stephen of bars testimony yesterday. Well i think from a legal marriage didnt really break any new ground i think he tried to say all the right things and if youre looking stand he was very measured i think from a political perspective i think he probably won the day in the sense that the democrats really tried to. Beat on him from a political matter and they didnt really pin him down as well as they probably could have this question could have been better with a few exceptions. Barnes said hes independent impartial and a defender of the rule of law do you agree. I think he believes he is i think he has his view of the presidency and breath of the power of the presidency and i think he is supporting that view of the unitary executive i can see why people think that hes being