1.   At a hearing, Republicans criticized the pardon decision, but so did Democrats, even some who stood with the former president in his darkest hours.

2.   Clinton has said that he made the pardon decision because he concluded that the two men deserved leniency on legal grounds.

3.   I believe my pardon decision was in the best interests of justice.

4.   Rodham is the third Clinton relative to be involved in pardon decisions.

5.   She insisted that she had played no role in pardon decisions made by President Clinton just before he left the White House.

6.   There are no legal requirements for presidents to explain their pardon decisions.

7.   This means Gore will have to stop dancing away from the question as if the pardon decision were somehow shared with the pardonee.

8.   Was Clinton influenced by Rodham and by his own brother, Roger, in making his pardon decisions?

9.   Mrs. Clinton turned aside questions about the pardon decisions her husband had made, telling reporters they should address those issues with him and his staff.

10.   Mrs. Clinton turned aside questions about the pardon decisions her husband had made.