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■ President Clinton, on Irish peace process: “I’ve spent an enormous amount of time trying to help the peo- ple in the land of my forebears, in Northern Ireland, get over 600 years of religious fights. And every time they make an agreement to do it, they’re like a couple of drunks walking out of the bar for the last time. When they get to the swinging door, they turn right around and go back in again and say, ‘I just can’t quite get there.’ It’s hard to give up these things.” . . . White House flack Joe Lockhart, reading statement from Clinton hours later: “I used a metaphor that was inappropriate. … I want to express my regret for any offense my remarks caused.” . . . Auction in Las Vegas will include love note from 15-year-old Bill Clinton to 11-year-old girl: “Dear Debbie, You will always be my best girl. [Signed] Billy Clinton.” . . . President Bush, describing the joys of e-mail: “I can use color and different fonts to emphasize different things. And I can forward Monica Lewinsky jokes.”

■ Vice President Gore promises to run “a rip-tootin’ race for the presidency.” . . . Gore wins AFL-CIO endorsement, but hires non-union labor to wire new Nashville headquarters. . . . Donna Brazile, fired by Michael Dukakis in 1988 after accusing George Bush of having extramarital affair, becomes Gore campaign manager. . . . Gore, asked by Washington Post whether he will ask for Clinton’s support on campaign trail: “I haven’t made a decision yet.” . . . Gore, on Vietnam War: “Fifty-three thousand Americans lost their lives for what?” . . . Gore, on Korean War: “I wouldn’t label it a mistake, but I think that there were decisions during the course of that war that were questionable.” . . . Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) surges in New Hampshire polls, also leads members of Congress in Roll Call tally of appearances on Sunday news shows this year with 22. . . . In CNN/USA Today poll, 60 percent say campaign-finance reform should be either a low priority or not one at all. . . . Elizabeth Dole announces support for denying public services, including education, to illegal immigrants. . . . Steve Forbes urges United Kingdom to quit European Union.

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■ President Clinton, on Irish peace process: “I’ve spent an enormous amount of time trying to help the peo- ple in the land of my forebears, in Northern Ireland, get over 600 years of religious fights. And every time they make an agreement to do it, they’re like a couple of drunks walking out of the bar for the last time. When they get to the swinging door, they turn right around and go back in again and say, ‘I just can’t quite get there.’ It’s hard to give up these things.” . . . White House flack Joe Lockhart, reading statement from Clinton hours later: “I used a metaphor that was inappropriate. … I want to express my regret for any offense my remarks caused.” . . . Auction in Las Vegas will include love note from 15-year-old Bill Clinton to 11-year-old girl: “Dear Debbie, You will always be my best girl. [Signed] Billy Clinton.” . . . President Bush, describing the joys of e-mail: “I can use color and different fonts to emphasize different things. And I can forward Monica Lewinsky jokes.”

■ Vice President Gore promises to run “a rip-tootin’ race for the presidency.” . . . Gore wins AFL-CIO endorsement, but hires non-union labor to wire new Nashville headquarters. . . . Donna Brazile, fired by Michael Dukakis in 1988 after accusing George Bush of having extramarital affair, becomes Gore campaign manager. . . . Gore, asked by Washington Post whether he will ask for Clinton’s support on campaign trail: “I haven’t made a decision yet.” . . . Gore, on Vietnam War: “Fifty-three thousand Americans lost their lives for what?” . . . Gore, on Korean War: “I wouldn’t label it a mistake, but I think that there were decisions during the course of that war that were questionable.” . . . Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) surges in New Hampshire polls, also leads members of Congress in Roll Call tally of appearances on Sunday news shows this year with 22. . . . In CNN/USA Today poll, 60 percent say campaign-finance reform should be either a low priority or not one at all. . . . Elizabeth Dole announces support for denying public services, including education, to illegal immigrants. . . . Steve Forbes urges United Kingdom to quit European Union.