President Clinton Thursday named as White House counsel formerChicagoan Abner J. Mikva, whose main job will be to steer the WhiteHouse through the Whitewater shoals.
"You are the most important client a lawyer could dream ofserving," Mikva, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for theDistrict of Columbia, told Clinton Thursday.
Clinton - whose White House has been criticized as unfocused andinexperienced - emphasized Mikva's "stature, integrity, judgment andexperience."
Appointing Mikva, 68, a Washington insider and respected formerIllinois lawmaker and congressman, underscores the "seriousness" withwhich the White House views the job, the president …
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