Coming up in just a couple of minutes, we will show you some of the highlights of that debate. You are covering this for national journal. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Alexis one of the interesting things we might forget, all this time, going forward, bill clinton was under investigation for almost his entire presidency. Ken starr had begun to investigate the whitewater investment deal back in 1994. By the time we were in the fall of 1998, president clinton and his entire white house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations related to his past in arkansas. Even his fundraising efforts, when he was prident. In the fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term, but they were going into the Midterm Elections. What Kenneth Starr as the independent counsel had uncovered was a whole series of alleged relationships the president had had in the past that he had investigated. Then he h
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Cspans coverage of College Commencement speeches continues saturday with Susan Webber Wright at the university of arkansas and dream works chair melody hobson at usc. Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 president ial candidate mitt romney speaking in Manchester Manchester new hampshire. President bush addressing Southern Methodist university. You know, when i mention this had speech to some of my pals they were surprised i was going to give it. See, i havent given a commencement speech since leaving office. My decision is quite practical, so i got a phone call from my landlord. Gerald turner. Rather than raising the rent or threatening to hold our security deposit, i was relieved to hear president turner ask if i believed in free speech. [ laughter ] i said, yeah. He said, perfect, heres your chance to give one. As a proud member of the smu community, i am honored to be here truly honored to deliver the commencement address the. Well have the entire speech by former president george
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