US treasury secretary Roger Altman resigns

Title

US treasury secretary Roger Altman resigns

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech; Music

TX Date

18 Aug 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:22

Description

Simon Marks reports from Washington DC on the resignation of US deputy Treasury Secretary, Roger Altman, from President Bill Clinton’s government over Altman’s Senate testimony on the Whitewater scandal. His departure is a further embarrassment to the embattled president following revelations over his affair with Gennifer Flowers and her impersonation of Marilyn Monroe on his forty-eight birthday in a parody of her John F. Kennedy tribute (heard). Includes statements by White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers and Roger Altman.

Contributors

Simon Marks; Dee Dee Myers; Gennifer Flowers; Roger Altman

Keywords

USA; Government; Heads of state; Presidents; Bill Clinton; Whitewater controversy; Political scandals; Resignations (political); Roger Altman; Gennifer Flowers

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