Evelyn S. Lieberman: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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While serving as Deputy Chief of Staff, Lieberman, with the approval of Panetta, transferred [[Monica Lewinsky]]--the former intern later found to have had an inappropriate relationship with the President--out of the White House into the [[United States Defense Department]] Public Affairs office. In subsequent [[grand jury]] testimony, Lieberman recalled removing Lewinsky for "spending too much time around the [[West Wing]]." <ref>[http://www.gooddocuments.com/icreport/apr1996_m.htm]</ref>

The story of Lewinsky's firing reportedly contributed to Lieberman's "cult status" as a tough enforcer among the Hillary Clinton supporters collectively known as "[[Hillaryland]]." "If Lieberman invites you for a walk," Hillaryland members joke, "don't go. It means you're fired."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/20/AR2007062002567_pf.html</ref>

At the beginning of Clinton's second administration, Lieberman wanted to return to public affairs, and Clinton appointed her director of the [[Voice of America]]. When VOA's parent organization, the [[U.S. Information Agency]], was folded into the [[State Department]] in [[1999]] (minus VOA, which became a unit of the separate [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]]) she was appointed senior adviser to the [[United States Secretary of State]]. She was then nominated by the President and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] as Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, overseeing the Department's spokesman, its international public information operations, and its education and cultural programs. Her overall mission was improving the image of the United States internationally.