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August 17, 1998

After an historic day of testimony to the grand jury investigating his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton admitted to having an "inappropriate relationship" with the former White House intern and expressed remorse for misleading the nation.
  Read and listen to President Clinton's address.
  Mark Shields, Paul Gigot, Haynes Johnson and David Gergen analyze the political fallout of the president's address.
  The NewsHour's media correspondent, Terence Smith, examines 7 months of scandal coverage.
  Jim Lehrer asks President Clinton about his alleged affair during a Jan. 21 Newsmaker interview.
  Browse an archive of the NewsHour's coverage of the Starr investigation.

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