CBS Evening News - 1993-08-10
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[0:00] You're watching Coin TV channel 6.
[0:06] Death by the PTOAC and the contents of a
[0:08] possible suicide note found at the White
[0:10] House. We'll have the latest on the
[0:12] Vince Foster investigation. Kids, guns,
[0:15] and crime. Why are they out of control?
[0:18] And what, if anything, can be done about
[0:20] it. And the money crunch. Tonight, the
[0:24] new Clinton tax plan and what you can do
[0:27] when the tax man cometh.
[0:30] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:34] with Dan Rather and Connie Chung.
[0:38] Good evening. Conniey's on assignment.
[0:40] It was 3 weeks ago tonight that the body
[0:42] of President Clinton's close friend and
[0:44] White House deputy counsel was found in
[0:47] a Virginia park with a gunshot wound to
[0:49] the head. Today, officials investigating
[0:52] that death announced their official
[0:54] conclusion and shed some new light on a
[0:57] possible motive. White House
[0:58] correspondent Rita Braver has the story.
[1:02] >> The Justice Department formally said
[1:04] that Vincent Foster committed suicide
[1:06] and released the contents of the torn
[1:08] note found in his briefcase. It shows a
[1:10] man in deep despair over his job,
[1:13] especially the issue of the firing of
[1:15] White House travel office personnel.
[1:17] >> But Mr. Foster was anxious about his
[1:19] work and he was distressed to a degree
[1:22] that he took his own life. Foster wrote,
[1:25] "I made mistakes from ignorance,
[1:27] inexperience, and overwork." And he said
[1:29] that neither he nor anyone in the White
[1:31] House knowingly violated any law or
[1:34] standard of conduct, including any
[1:36] action involving the travel office. Then
[1:38] Foster seemed to list accusations. The
[1:41] FBI lied in their rep