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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., suggested Sunday that Democratrsquo donrsquo;thave the moral high ground when it comes to womenrsquo issues because of former PresidentBill Clintonrsquo predatory behavior toward then-intern Monica Lewinsky.One of the workplace laws and rules that I think are goodis that bosses shouldn t prey on young interns in their office. And I thinkreally the media seems to have given President Clinton a pass on this, Paulsaid on NBCrsquo Meet the Press Sunday. He took advantage of a girl that was 20years old and an intern in his office. There is no excuse for that.Paul called was echoing an assessment offered by his wife,Kelley Ashby, in an interview with Vogue when asked on the show whether thesubject would be fair game in a presidential campaign. He suggested that itundercut the Democraticargument that Republicans are waging a war on women. Though Paul said that Hillary Clinton shouldnrsquo;t be judgedfor her husbandrsquo behavior, he added, it s hard to separate one from theother. But I would say that with regard to his place in history, that it certainlyis a discussion and I think in my state, you know, people tend to sort of frownupon that.Just after Paulrsquo appearance, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.,chided Paul for bringing up the incid
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A leading Republican lawmaker on defense issues has asked the Pentagon to bar CNN reporters from traveling with military units in Iraq because the ne
stanley cup twork showed insurgent snipers shooting at U.S. troops. Does CNN want America to win this thing Rep. Duncan Hunter asked in an interview on the network Monday. In past wars, he said, the press was more pro-American. Yo
stanley quencher u can t be on both sides of the war, Hunter said. CNN issued a statement saying the decision to air the insurgents video was a difficult one, but for a news organization, the right one. Our responsibility is to report the news. In a letter released Monday, Hunter ask
stanley mug ed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to remove CNN from the military embedding program, in which journalists spend time with combat units in Iraq. Hunter, a staunch defender of the Bush administration and its handling of the war in Iraq, said the decision to show the video was irresponsible because it could encourage more attacks on U.S. troops. CNN has now served as the publicist for an enemy propaganda film featuring the killing of an American soldier, wrote Hunter, chairman of the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives. California Republican Reps. Darrell Issa and Brian Bilbray also signed the letter.The footage last week aired after it was obtained through a contact with an insurgent leader.The footage does not show the actual death or wounding of any service member. In one inst
