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What Other Presidents Have Faced Official Questioning?

President Bush Meets with the 9/11 Commission on Thursday. President Bush on Thursday said,"This is an important commission, and it's important that they ask the questions they ask so that they can help make recommendations necessary to better protect our homeland." -- White House Website April 29, 2004
 

On August 17, 1998 President Bill Clinton testified at the White House about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Q: Good afternoon, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Good afternoon.
Q: Could you please state your full name for the record, sir?
PRESIDENT CLINTON: William Jefferson Clinton.

The testimony was videotaped. It was later played on national television.

Among the most memorable quotes was this one:"I engaged in conduct that was wrong. These encounters did not consist of sexual intercourse. They did not constitute sexual relations, as I understood that term to be defined at my January 17th, 1998 deposition."

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