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Text of letter from White House counsel to Lott

February 4, 1999
Web posted at: 1:38 p.m. EDT (1338 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, February 4) -- White House Counsel Charles Ruff formally responded Thursday to the latest invitation from Senate Republicans for President Bill Clinton himself to be deposed. The text, refusing the offer, is below:

Dear Senator Lott:

I write in response to the letter sent to the President on February, 3, 1999, by you and twenty-seven other Senators, requesting that he submit to a deposition.

It is neither necessary nor appropriate for the President to testify. The record before the Senate is more than sufficient to permit it to move to a fair and expeditious conclusion of these proceedings on the schedule already agreed to. We urge you to do so.

Sincerely,

Charles F.C. Ruff

Counsel to the President.


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