Abstract
The USIA entered Clinton’s second term under the shadow of Senator Helms and his plan to consolidate it, the USAID, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) into the State Department. To make matters worse, the incoming secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, and her new assistant secretary of state for public affairs, James P. Rubin, saw much to be gained from such a move. In April 1997 the president himself endorsed a program of consolidation. All too soon the White House had its own shadows as well. On 21 January 1998, the Washington Post reported allegations that the president had encouraged a former intern to lie during an investigation of sexual harassment charges. Her name was Monica Lewinsky. The piece included claims that she had had an 18-month-long relationship with the president, beginning in 1995. Suddenly the White House faced its most serious political scandal since Watergate.2
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