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Monday, October 31, 2005

Bush advised to resist apology on Libby

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President Bush should resist Democratic calls for an apology over the CIA leak scandal because he followed through on his pledge that those involved would no longer work in his administration, conservatives said yesterday.

While Sen. Harry Reid demanded yesterday that the president and Vice President Dick Cheney "come clean with the American public" and apologize for the actions of their aides in the Valerie Plame case, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said doing so would be ill-advised.

"What he has to say is that he has said all along that anybody who was implicated would be gone -- they are; that the standard he intends to set is exactly the standard he campaigned on; and that the U.S. attorney did his job," the Georgia Republican said.

"It would be a reaffirmation of Bush's commitment to honesty, not an apology, which implies that the president has not been honest."

Gary Bauer, president of the Family Research Council, said making an apology now would be premature because the one administration aide indicted in the case is presumed innocent until proved guilty.

"It's bizarre for Senator Reid and others to call for an apology. It presupposes guilt, which at this point is an open question," he said. "So far, the only person who was clearly involved in some way is gone and, as far as we know, [Bush aide Karl] Rove was not involved, so he's done as much as can be expected."

The president said July 18 that "if someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration."

The special counsel investigating the CIA leak, Patrick Fitzgerald, returned five indictments Friday, all against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the vice president's chief of staff. Mr. Libby immediately resigned.

There were no indictments on the charge that began Mr. Fitzgerald's probe -- the "alleged unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity."

Although the prosecutor said that his probe is "not over," he added that the "substantial bulk of the work of this investigation is concluded." After weeks of speculation that Mr. Bush's top adviser, Mr. Rove, would be indicted in the probe, few Washington insiders now expect that.

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