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To: Lars who wrote (3749)	3/11/1999 10:13:00 PM
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OT: Looks Like Bill and Buddy Will Be Sleeping Together XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX 03/10/99 22:51:07 ET XXXXX WHITE HOUSE SPLIT: BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON IN TRIAL SEPARATION; BROADDRICK RAPE CHARGE UPSET FIRST LADY World Exclusive Bill and Hillary Clinton are experimenting with a trial separation, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. According to well-placed sources in and out of government, the first couple has recently decided to put some space and distance between each other. In recent days, schedules have been changed and rearranged to give the couple maximum breathing space. "This is more than a fight, but they have gone through a separation like this before," one former Clinton adviser who has remained close to the couple tells the DRUDGE REPORT. "They always come back to each other... however, this time, it looks damn serious." The development comes after First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton hit total anger over Juanita Broaddrick's rape charge. "She was humiliated, he can't keep doing this to her," said one Hillary supporter inside of the White House. "He promised her over and over again that this rape story was not going to amount to anything. It has caused a serious breakdown" in their communication. If the Broaddrick charge is the straw that broke the first lady's back, the new book by former Clinton adviser George Stephanopolous is also said to be causing Mrs. Clinton tremendous personal anxiety. "She always told Bill that George was not to be trusted," revealed the White House source. "It is all blowing up in her face." One active secret service agent, who demanded anonymity, told the DRUDGE REPORT in Washington last week that the Clintons have been fighting almost non-stop. "They may look like they are together, like a couple, they are not," revealed the agent. "It is all played for the cameras. You watch, Mr. Drudge, if you report the truth about this mess -- they'll stage a photo-op where they'll both be happy and in love. They always do." The agent, who gave testimony before the Lewinsky grand jury last year, has been secretly talking to reporters and has seriously considered leaving his job in recent weeks -- directly because of the hostility he has witnessed between the Clintons. The trial separation could become a public relations problem for the White House as early as next week when the president is set to attend the 55th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents's Association Dinner -- alone! White House press veteran Helen Thomas is reporting this weekend that the first lady is planning to skip the radio-television correspondents dinner. Instead, she will soon be traveling to North Africa, with stops in exotic Morocco and Tunisia. President Clinton, however, is still planning to attend the dinner. Mrs. Clinton will also take a pass on the annual Gridiron dinner, an event the president is also planning to attend solo. The White House late Wednesday night strongly denied that the Clintons were in a trial separation after it was reported on the DRUDGE REPORT website, calling the story completely based on rumor and gossip. FOX NEWS on Wednesday evening ran a story that claimed the abrupt end to last week's family ski trip and Mrs. Clinton's absence from the president's current Central America trip has more to do with a strained marriage than a strained back. "Sources tell FOX NEWS the reason it abruptly ended was because the first couple had a shouting match, which left Hillary Clinton storming out of the room saying she wanted her bags," reported the FOX's Rita Cosby. Cosby continued: "A Clinton family friend tells FOX NEWS that the first couple barely speak in private, that quote, 'They have nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing they have in common is Chelsea.'" Marsha Berry, the first lady's spokesperson told reporters this week that she would not comment on the state of the marriage, but said the reason they cut the family vacation short was because the first lady aggravated an old back injury. However, White House spokesman Barry Toiv initially told reporters that the Clintons decided to cut the vacation short -- "get home a day early" -- because they both had a full schedule. But the back trouble didn't prevent Mrs. Clinton from going on a trip only 48 hours later to New York City -- a trip that included a busy schedule filled with more than 6 different political events. The FOX NEWS report continued: "The first lady was scheduled to be with the president on his current trip to Central America, but sources close to the first family say Mrs. Clinton felt she could not get separate hotel rooms on the foreign trip without it being obvious, and she therefore canceled. The source says Hillary said quote 'I don't want to be in the same room with him, let alone the same bed.'" FOX NEWS' Cosby was first to broadcast Broaddrick's charges last month. _________________________________________________ Reports are moved when circumstances warrant (c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999 Not for reproduction without permission of the author