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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 t...

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 president. In the fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term, but they were going into the Midterm Elections. What Kenneth Starr of the as the independent counsel had uncovered was a whole series of alleged relationships the president had had in the past th...

They passed. Article three, related to obstruction of justice. Thelso see a debate about impeachment process and the different roles of the house and senate. In the fall of 1998, the house of representative taking up articles of impeachment against Lillian Jefferson clinton. We will show you William Jefferson clinton. We will show you highlights. You are covering this for National Journal. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Alexi...

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...

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 ...

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Enough recognition as a metric for a failure. Maybe that was part of it. Its urged to implement this amazing vision and the slowness of society relative to his own life lock. On the recognition side, i think we should never use the recognition we get as a measure of success, ever. I think its a big mistake. If you do this, you the true innovators are the true recognizers. Recognition itself in my opinion is plainly the wrong metric. As is money. The real question for me is always, how much do yo...

Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley live in baltimore with his Campaign Announcement. Martin omalley announcing that he will join the race for the democratic residential nomination in 2016. He joins Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on the democratic side, eight so far on the republican side officially in the race for president in 2016. We would like to get your thoughts today on the omalley candidacy. The numbers are on your screen. For our cspan radio listeners democrats, the numbers are ...

Helped you get where you are today. I know there has been much sacrifice and much joy as a result of today. This school has produced numerous outstanding lawyers some of whom are here today. Many are prominent members of the bar and our community. You can be proud of your institutions and proud of yourselves. Soon, you will be taking the bar exam and please accept my best wishes for your success on that exam. You will become licensed attorneys who will be sworn in by judges to be members of the ...