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Citing the pace of the job and the desire to spend more time with his family, White House counsel Abner Mikva said Wednesday he will resign on Nov.1, after less than a year on the job. "Mikva was brought in to bring the administration through this year of hearings," reports James Carney in Washington. "He's done that, and he's probably just wiped out." Replacing the 69-year-old Mikva will be Vice President Al Gore's chief of staff, Jack Quinn. The transition should be a smooth one, says Carney: "Quinn is ideal for the position...
Citing the pace of the job and the desire to spend more time with his family, White House counsel Abner Mikva said today he will resign on Nov.1, after less than a year on the job. "Mikva was brought in to bring the administration through this year of hearings," reports James Carney in Washington. "He's done that, and he's probably just wiped out." Replacing the 69-year-old Mikva will be Vice President Al Gore's chief of staff, Jack Quinn. The transition should be a smooth one, says Carney: "Quinn is ideal for the position...
...made this decision all by herself." Zeliff didn't stop there: "We had a tank that went through that front door, went into that area where women and children were there (and) we killed over 80 people," he said. In a letter to Zeliff today, White House Counsel Abner Mikva said the comments were "nothing short of irresponsible, intent on creating a story without any news and alleging a scandal without any basis." Republican colleagues on the panel today appeared to distance themselves from the charges. Rep. Steven Schiff (R-N.M.) said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms...
...Abner Mikva and Judge Amalya L. Kearse will address law school graduates today from the steps of Langdell Hall as part of the Class Day festivities...
...storm of protest by writing to the heads of all federal agencies reminding them that federal workers may donate toBill Clinton's re-election campaign. Campaign finance experts and Common Cause accuse the Clinton Administration of trying to shake down federal workers for campaign contributions. ButWhite House Counsel Abner Mikva, who sent out the letters, denied any wrongdoing. The letters pointed out that a 1993 clarification of the Hatch Act, which forbids federal employees from making campaign contributions to their immediate bosses (such as members of Congress), does not apply to contributions made to their ultimate boss, the President...