Artfully dodging blame on Waco.(assault on the Branch Davidians' compound in Waco, Texas)

From: Insight on the News | Date: September 4, 1995| Author: Greenberg, Paul | Copyright information

Hearings are being conducted on the assault on the Branch Davidians' compound, and a picture of blunders and a lack of communication are emerging. Pres Clinton, however, continues to support Attorney General Janet Reno's handling of the situation and to claim the action was justified.

There are few things so enlightening as listening to our president explain moral philosophy to the masses. Bill Clinton's line on the Waco massacre seems to have changed from the days when he was sayin...

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