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Clinton Revokes His 1993 Ethics Order

NewsMax.com Wires December 30, 2000

(CNSNews.com) - Executive Order 12834 contained such crucial mandates that President Bill Clinton felt compelled to issue it the same day he was inaugurated, in January of 1993.

Thursday, however, the ethics pledges the newly elected Clinton had forced his appointees to abide as a condition of holding office became a thing of the past, as he revoked the order.

Called the Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees, the 1993 mandate basically stipulated that those in certain positions under the jurisdiction of the president refrain from various lobbying and trade activities until five years had passed from their dates of resignations.

Specifically, the nearly seven-page document called for "every senior appointee in every executive agency appointed on or after Jan. 20, 1993" to sign, and become "contractually committed to," those ethics rules, which required a stricter code of behavior than outlined in federal law.

Craig Shirley, president of Craig Shirley and Associates law firm in Virginia, said federal ethics regulations already mandate a one-year waiting period on certain activities for terminated government employees.

He also questioned the timing of Clinton's revocation, which comes just three weeks before he leaves office.

"It sounds like what he wants to do is take care of himself and his people when they leave the White House," said Shirley, a Constitutional law attorney.

-- Uncle Bob (unclb0b@aol.com), January 01, 2001

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Just a bunch of right-wing pookeydoo.

-- Mother of Jehosophat! (for@cryin'.outLoud!), January 01, 2001.

Just a bunch of right-wing pookeydoo.

Huh? English translation would be appreciated please.

-- Ain't Gonna Happen (Not Here Not@ever.com), January 01, 2001.

Clinton ethics order.

Now THAT'S an oxymoron.

-- J (Y2J@home.comm), January 01, 2001.

J (Y2J@home.comm),

Care to show us the Reagan or Bush ethics orders?

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Note that Clinton's revocation of EO 12834 (may be read at http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/200 0/12/28/9.text.1) does not become effective until the end of his term, noon January 20, 2001.

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Among other things, this revocation is a sly test for Bush the Younger. Will we see BtY reinstate Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees? All he has to do is copy EO 12834, change a few dates, and sign it as a new EO -- but will he?

-- No Spam Please (nos_pam_please@hotmail.com), January 05, 2001.