81.   She later met with White House chief of staff Leon Panetta and other presidential aides.

82.   She has said she wants to stay on, but presidential aides gripe about her performance and Clinton refuses to say whether he will keep her.

83.   Since Clinton outlined his priorities for tobacco legislation nearly two weeks ago, presidential aides and Congress have been working to move the process forward.

84.   Six workers will be employed in clerical positions at the White House, according to presidential aides.

85.   Somewhere in the background, a presidential aide is arrested at a Washington YMCA.

86.   So far, Johnson has ruled that Secret Service agents and key presidential aides must cooperate with the investigation being run by independent counsel Kenneth Starr.

87.   Still, presidential aides said the Clintons considered their trip, however rainy, a welcome break from their Washington schedule.

88.   Such meetings are usually attended by representatives from the finance and planning ministries and a presidential aide.

89.   Still, the issue clearly rankles presidential aides.

90.   That almost certainly took additional muscle from a senior presidential aide.