Bio

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	"Just because I know how to hold it, it is UNFAIR to accuse me of inhaling!."

"He is a Texas boy. He is quite handy on a horse. I wouldn't be surprised if you saw him riding in the hills." -- friend Alex Kozinski, U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge Born: July 21, 1946, in Vernon, Texas Age: 52 Father: Minister from San Antonio Family: Wife, Alice; three children Religion: Devoted Christian; reads the Bible every morning Education: bachelor's degree, George Washington University, 1968; masters degree, Brown University, 1969; law degree, Duke Law School, 1973 White House investigations: Travelgate, Filegate, Whitewater, intern scandal Personal victory: Sent James McDougal to prison for three years after a long, drawn-out Whitewater trial. Cut off from all friends, Jim died there. Irony: Drafted Reagan administration's opposition to the reauthorization of the independent-counsel statute Nickname: While serving as solicitor general in the Bush administration, Supreme Court clerks called him "solicitous general" Pastime: Horseback riding in Malibu Hills, Calif. Claim to fame: First prosecutor ever to subpoena a first lady to testify in a criminal case

	Fans: Anti-Clinton Republicans Foes: Bill & Hillary Clinton, Clintons' Whitewater business partners James & Susan McDougal and former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker
"For Pepperdine it's important to have professors, deans and leaders who fully support our Christian mission. It's something we certainly find agreement on." -- Pepperdine University spokesman Jeff Bliss Under- graduate: Started at Harding College (religious school); transferred to George Washington University in Washington and graduated in 1968 at the top of his class Masters: Earned degree in Political science from Brown University in 1969 Juris doctor: Duke University Law School in 1973 Law clerk: For Judge David W. Dyer, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th circuit, 1973-1974 Associate: At Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles, 1974-1975; became associate and partner between 1977-1981 Law clerk: For Chief Justice Warren Burger, U.S. Supreme Court, 1975-1977 Counselor: To U.S. attorney general, 1981-1983 Judge: U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. circuit, 1983-1989 Solicitor general: For U.S. Justice Department under President Bush, 1989-1993 Partner: At Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, 1993-1994
	Independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1994-present Dean-in-waiting: For Pepperdine University's schools of Law and Public Policy in 1997; he deferred acceptance until Whitewater is closed; Young Republicans outnumber Young Democrats more than 2 to 1 at Pepperdine; the school requires staffers to have Christian roots

"I have a very strong belief in facts and in truth, that the facts will come out and the truth will come out eventually, in contrast to the presumption of innocence."
-- Kenneth Starr

Whitewater Independent Counsel
   Kenneth Starr is an independent counsel, a position that grants court-appointed prosecutors such as Starr sweeping powers to investigate any allegation of illegal conduct by the president and his senior staff.
   Starr was originally appointed to investigate possible ties between the Clintons and a fraudulent bank in Arkansas. But recently the scope of his investigation has gone far beyond Whitewater and into the president's personal life. How did it happen?
   The answer lies in the independent council law, enacted after the Watergate scandal. When new allegations surface -- for instance, that Clinton supposedly instructed former intern Monica Lewinsky to lie to the court -- Starr needs only convince the attorney general that there are "reasonable grounds" to expand his criminal investigation.
   Starr had no problem showing compelling evidence; his office had obtained tape-recorded conversations in which Lewinsky, in an effort to convince her friend to lie, implied that Clinton was going to lie. Convinced, Janet Reno then asked a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to expand the investigation.

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