Clinton Finds Benefit in the Sound of Silence
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON —
President Clinton, whose voice was so hoarse Tuesday he could hardly be heard, jokingly went along with a reporter’s suggestion that he was ducking questions.
After offering a barely audible “I have no comment” to a question about his former political aide James Carville, and then a flat “fine” to a reporter asking about his progress in selecting a new Cabinet, Clinton buttoned his lip.
“Are you glad you’ve lost your voice?” a reporter asked, only half jokingly.
“It’s a hoax,” a teasing Clinton replied.
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