First Family Is Healing, ‘but It’s Not Done Yet,’ Aide Says
President Clinton is still trying to make peace with his wife and daughter after his admission this week of an affair with Monica S. Lewinsky, a White House spokesman said Saturday.
“I think he’s working on it. My guess is that they’ve still got work to do,” White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said.
“There’s a healing process that needs to occur, and as far as I can tell, it’s underway but it’s not done yet,” McCurry added.
Clinton reversed his angry denial of a sexual relationship with Lewinsky in grand jury testimony and then in an address to the nation Monday.
In the address, Clinton said he had misled his wife about the “inappropriate” relationship, which was carried on in the White House when Lewinsky, now 25, was an intern at the executive mansion.
Clinton settled into full vacation mode, McCurry said.
No energy for golf even. “He’s basically taking today off,” McCurry said.
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