Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even if he wanted to, there's at least one reason the President would stop short of resigning now: Al Gore. If Clinton were to resign during the next few weeks, Gore could stand for election only once. If he waits until January 20, however, Gore could run twice...
...September, we called for President Clinton to step down, to make the choice to resign. We had lost our confidence in Clinton's ability to carry out his agenda, and we were disgusted with the way he had blatantly and repeatedly lied to us. Today, however, the time has come to confront the reality of impeachment. This Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on four articles of impeachment approved last week by the Judiciary Committee--two counts of perjury, one count of obstruction of justice and one count of abuse of power...
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Truth is the foundation of our justice system. Trivializing the obligation to testify truthfully in a court room, regardless of the matter under investigation, is a serious, high crime against the state. President Clinton ought to do the honorable thing and resign, but his recent public statement indicate his extreme unwilligness to so. It's time for the President finally to step up and take responsibility for his actions in the open forum that a Senate impeachment trial would provide. It seems likely that the House will vote to impeach on Thursday. The staff's protestations aside...
...group calling itself the Brothers United for Action at the University of Rhode Island (URI) demanded last week that the editors of the campus newspaper resign, complaining that an editorial cartoon published last Wednesday was racist...