Washington: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton was at her home in White House on most occassions while hubby President Bill Clinton carried on with Monica Lewinsky.
The revelation has come about by a match of information on the schedule of the former First Lady and the testimonies that Lewinski gave to the prosecutor who tried Clinton's impeachment.
Interestingly, the schedule of Hillary on the days, when his husband had encounters with the White House Intern, has been picked up from the information contained in about 11,000 pages of her years at the White House showing her persistent struggle with healthcare reform and her early support for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
But what is of added attention and curiosity is where Hillary Clinton was when her husband was having sex with Lewinsky.
On November 15, 1995 when Lewinsky told prosecutor Kenneth Starr of her first sexual encounter with President in the private study in the Oval Office, Hillary Clinton was in a mid-afternoon "meet and greet" photo session with various Nobel laureates and their families.
Two days later Senator Clinton had no public appointments and was at home in the White House when Lewinsky said there was another sexual encounter with the President while he was talking on the phone to a member of Congress.
On the last day of December 1995, Lewinsky recounted yet another escapade with President in the hallway of a study in the Oval Office even as the First Lady and the First Daughter left the White House later for New year's Eve with friends at Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Another incident recounted by Lewinsky was one of February 4, 1996, when she had a sexual encounter and a sit down talking session at the Oval Office that lasted for about 45 minutes.
The President and the First Lady that same night attended the National Governor's Association Annual Dinner.
On Easter Sunday of April 7, 1996, Hillary had no public events scheduled but Lewinsky told prosecutors that she performed oral sex with the President while he was on the phone. Months later on February 28, 1997 as Hillary Clinton was at the White House, President Clinton and Lewinsky had oral sex that left stains on her dress.
The final encounter between Lewinsky and President was on March 29,1997 when the former First Lady was in Eritrea.
However, in his grand jury inquisition, President Clinton denied this had taken place.
The former President's sexual escapades, not just with Lewinsky, are yet to become active fodder in this year's election primaries; but the nastiness of the campaigns would indicate that the candidates will stop at nothing to get the upper hand.
One thought is that even if the candidates in the showdown try and stay clear of getting involved in personal mudslinging, supporters and activist groups might just get into the act.
The National Archives released the papers in Washington and at the Clinton presidential library in Arkansas after months of pressure from critics who say the Clintons were delaying the disclosure.
Nearly 5000 pages have parts blacked out on the grounds that it is to protect the privacy of third parties.
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PTI