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To: Len who wrote (26948)	12/16/1998 9:16:00 PM
From: tonyt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32384

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To: Len who wrote (26948)	12/16/1998 10:00:00 PM
From: tonyt	Respond to of 32384

Airstrikes Against Iraq Delay House Impeachment Debate Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's hopes for avoiding impeachment weakened on Wednesday, evan as House Republicans agreed to briefly delay impeachment proceedings because of the airstrike on Iraq. Emerging from a closed-door meeting, Republican lawmakers said they expected a delay of a few days at most in the historic debate that had been set to begin Thursday. "We're not going to put off this impeachment matter indefinitely," said Rep. Steve Chabot (R., Ohio), one of several lawmakers who stopped to talk with reporters. Meanwhile, the tally of Republicans advocating impeachment mounted steadily. And some Republicans responded with fury as word spread that Mr. Clinton had ordered military action on the eve of the first presidential impeachment debate in 130 years. "Never underestimate a desperate president," said Rep. Gerald Solomon, (R., N.Y.) "This time he means business. What option is left for getting impeachment off the front page and maybe even postponed?" Rep. Solomon is retiring at the end of the year. At the White House, spokesman Joe Lockhart dismissed any suggestion that Mr. Clinton was using his awesome powers as commander in chief to escape punishment. "The president of the United States makes national security decisions based on the best interest of the United States," he told reporters. But the president's strategy for staving off impeachment appeared to be in ruins, as moderate Republicans continued a succession of news conferences to announce plans to vote for at least one of the four articles approved last week by House Judiciary Committee. The articles cover perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power in connection with Mr. Clinton's efforts to conceal his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Passage of any of them would send the issue to the Senate for a trial, the likes of which hasn't occurred since Andrew Johnson sat in the White House in 1868. Among the Republicans that came out in favor of impeachent were Rep. John Porter of Illinois and Rep. James Leach of Iowa, and Rep. Billy Tauzin, a former Democrat, announced his support for impeachment. Rep. Jay Kim, a California Republican, said he was leaning toward opposing impeachment. A Senate trial "is going to be an international embarrassment,'' Rep. Kim told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin in Ontario, Calif.