Title: President Clinton admits to having an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky in 1998 - New York Daily News
Headings: President Clinton admits to having an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky in 1998
President Clinton admits to having an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky in 1998
Content: Monica Lewinsky is shown arriving at her lawyer's offices in Washington in this July 28, 1998 photo. ( TIM AUBRY/REUTERS)
When the President reentered the Map Room, he cracked a few jokes with aides. But as he rehearsed the speech in the dimly lit room, Clinton hunched his shoulders like a boy who had just been reprimanded. Most Read
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Paul Begala, the faithful aide who saw Clinton through the Gennifer Flowers sex scandal in 1992, adjusted the microphone on his boss' tie. At the five-second mark before he started, Clinton lifted his shoulders, inhaled and blew out a big noisy breath. The President insisted his previous denials were "legally accurate" but admitted he was playing word games that left "a false impression." Clinton said he shied from telling the truth "to protect myself from the embarrassment of my own conduct" and to shield his family. He made it clear he believes his painful admission to the nation should end public discussion of the matter. "Now this matter is between me, the two people I love most my wife and our daughter and our God," said Clinton. " But it is private.