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Looks at the policies of United States President Bill Clinton on exporting technology. Reforms of Clinton; Ties between high-technology companies and the Democratic Party; Criticism of Clinton's policies by Republicans; Claim that the exporting of technology strengthened countries that the US considered to be adversaries; How China has benefited from the policies.

Reports that Republican leaders have warned United States President Bill Clinton not to weaken a law that would make foreign policy and national security the only basis for approving exports of American satellites. Clinton's opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act for 1999; Provisions of the law.

Focuses on United States President Bill Clinton's friend and fund raiser, Terry McAuliffe. Amount that McAuliffe has raised for Clinton's causes; Business interests; Relationship between his political fund-raising and his personal business deals; Political ties beyond the president, and business connections in Washington, D.C.; Use of his influence; Background and biographical details; Florida businesses, and relations with Richard Swann; Relations with Clinton.

Focuses on the investigation led by independent counsel Kenneth Starr of United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in Arkansas. The issue of Whitewater, a failed land venture, and its link to the savings and loan, Madison Guaranty; Starr having to make a decision as to whether there was a cover-up or just political damage control; Background on the inquiry.

Reports that the organization Americans for Democratic Action endorsed President Bill Clinton as the Democratic nominee for presidential candidacy in the United States. Overview of the 1996 elections; ADA's work on presidential campaigns; Comments from ADA director Amy Isaacs.

Reports on the controversy related to possible tax deductions sought by US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton on the payment made by Whitewater Development Company and not by themselves. Reimbursement made by Clintons to the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt; Documents found in the files of Vincent W. Foster Jr., after his suicide connecting Clintons and Whitewater case.

Presents the findings of the documents prepared by an independent review of the Whitewater, for the Federal agency by a law firm, on the profits incurred by the US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton on the Whitewater deal. Comments of Clintons on the same. INSET: Whitewater subject in plea..

Informs that two of United States President Bill Clinton's advisers knew that Webster L. Hubbell faced possible criminal charges in relation to Clinton's close associates helping Hubbell organize a string of business contacts to help support him in 1994. The denial by Bill and Hillary Clinton that they knew about the criminal charges; Warning by James B. Blair, an Arkansas lawyer, of Hubbell's need to resign to the Clintons.

Reports that interviews with current and former aides to President Bill Clinton suggest that a wider circle of White House officials, at various levels, were intimately aware of the 1994 effort to get financial help for former associate attorney general Webster Hubbell. What the interviews suggest; Background of the effort to help Hubbell; Question of how much Clinton and other officials knew about the effort.

Focuses on the Arkansas friends who President Bill Clinton relies on for political and financial support. Their activities ranging from faintly comical to legally objectionable; Clinton's second term beginning with questions about the role played by Arkansas friends in the 1996 election; Activities of some of these friends, such as Paul Berry, C. Joseph Giroir, Jr., Mark Middleton, Richard Mays, and others.

Examines the role played by White House aide Bruce R. Lindsey in meetings between President Bill Clinton and the prominent Riady family of Indonesia. The administration's lack of candor over the fact that Clinton had discussed policy toward China and Indonesia with Indonesian billionaire James T. Riady; Lindsey's efforts to keep details of these meetings from becoming public; Lindsey's role in the Clinton White House.

Reports on the ties between President Bill Clinton and James Riady, the son of a banking family in Indonesia. Relationship of the Riady family with Clinton during his term as governor of Arkansas; Campaign contributions given by the family to Clinton and the Democratic Party; Ties of the family with companies in the United States.

Focuses on Indonesian businessman James T. Riady's friendship with United States President Bill Clinton. Riady's adeptness at bringing together political and commercial elite on both continents; Solicitation of campaign contributions for Clinton; Role in helping finance the Democratic Party; Return of contribution solicited from a South Korean company by former head of Riady's American business operations John Huang.

Reports on the payment of backtaxes with interest by first couple, President Bill Clinton and wife Hillary as a result of incorrect tax filings in the 1980's relating to their Whitewater real estate investment. Views of Iowa Republican Jim Leach on amount of backtaxes owed by the Clintons; Remarks of Clinton personal lawyer David E. Kendall to views of Leach.

Reports that presidential friend and adviser Vernon E. Jordan Jr. spent March 3, 1998 testifying before the federal grand jury that is investigating US President Bill Clinton's relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Jordan's testimony about his efforts to find a lawyer and a job for Lewinsky shortly after she was named a possible witness in Paula Jones' sexual misconduct suit against the president.

Reports that Vernon E. Jordan Jr., one of United States President Bill Clinton's closest friends, kept the President personally informed of his efforts to find a job and a lawyer for Monica S. Lewinsky. Clinton's alleged affair with Lewinsky, his former intern; How Jordan's account could present a problem for Clinton; How the account affords Jordan some legal protection; The White House's response to Jordan's account.

Focuses on the testimony of United States President Bill Clinton's personal secretary, Betty Currie, in the investigation of Clinton's alleged sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Her meeting with the president following his deposition in the Paula Jones lawsuit; Her statement that the president and Lewinsky were sometimes alone; Her submission of gifts that Clinton gave to Lewinsky,which Lewinsky returned to Currie.

Reports that as of January 29, 1998, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky is claiming that President Bill Clinton told her at a private meeting in late December 1997 that she could testify in the Paula Jones lawsuit that her visits to him were to see his secretary. His alleged suggestion that she could avoid testifying by being in New York; Description of her account by an associate who has spoken to her.

Reports that former White House intern Monica Lewinsky met privately with President Bill Clinton in the White House in late December, 1997, even though orders had been given that her access be restricted. Meeting following Lewinsky's receipt of a subpoena ordering her to provide information in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton; Unanswered questions about her visit.

Discusses United States President Bill Clinton's denial of accusations that he had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. His promise to cooperate with prosecutors investigating whether Clinton obstructed justice and sought to have the liaison covered up. Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's opening of an investigation after obtaining tape recordings of Lewinsky's story of the reported affair.

Reports about the beginning of hearings by House Banking Committee into the financial and political underpinnings of President Bill Clinton's investment in the Whitewater real estate deal. Findings of Jim Leach of Iowa; Response of Democrats. INSET: Ex-justice official now an inmate..

Reports that according to White House press secretary Michael D. McCurry, American President Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton and their aides were not aware of serious nature of the allegations against Webster L. Hubbell, until he pleaded guilty to fraud charges at the end of 1994. Comments from McCurry; Investigation into the relationship between Hubbell and Clinton.

Indicates that United States President Bill Clinton, may have known that former Justice Department employee Webster L. Hubbell, was receiving money from other friends at a time of his financial difficulties and increasing legal problems. Reason Hubbell relinquished his post; Hubbell a central figure in the Whitewater inquiry; Details on the issue.

Says that President Bill Clinton and his wife released tax returns and other financial data that give the clearest picture to date of how they made and lost money early in the president's political career. Transactions; Losses; Inaccuracies; Summary of Whitewater payments.

Focuses on Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's September 11, 1998 report to the United States Congress on his investigation of American President Bill Clinton's relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, which cites information supporting 11 possible grounds for impeaching President Clinton. Credibility and substantiality of this information; Four charges that this information comes down to; Difficulty in evaluating the effect of the case.

Profiles Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., President Bill Clinton's best friend and unofficial policy advisor. One of the most powerful figures in the Clinton administration, despite lack of an official appointment; Roles as a go-between, power broker, and adviser on foreign and domestic policy; Background; A senior executive partner at a law and lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.