21.   While acknowledging that Nixon had made politically damaging statements in tape-recorded conversations with White House aides, St. Clair insisted that the president had not committed any crimes.

22.   While Clinton admitted he lied to the public, Meehan said, that does not mean the president committed perjury in the legal sense.

23.   A company president has committed suicide after being questioned by investigators about his role in a scandal centered around overpayment for military equipment.

24.   Because of those dangers, it is politically more difficult for a U.S. president to commit ground troops.

25.   But the president has committed to providing U.S. forces if they are needed.

26.   Congress should be consulted before the president commits the use of American troops in either a commando or withdrawal action, McCain said.

27.   Congress also should be consulted before the president commits the use of American troops in either a commando or withdrawal action, McCain said.

28.   The president was not committing the United States to specific nuclear cuts, the senior administration official said.

29.   She said the Constitution provided no basis for granting immunity for acts a president committed before taking office.