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<text id=91TT0061>
<title>
Jan. 14, 1991: American Notes:Investigations
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Jan. 14, 1991 Breast Cancer
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 21
American Notes
INVESTIGATIONS
No Cause For Pride
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<p> The Senate ethics committee hearings on the so-called
Keating Five staggered into the final stretch last week with
cross-examination of Republican John McCain and Democrat John
Glenn. Of the five Senators accused of granting special favors
to indicted S&L tycoon Charles Keating in exchange for
political contributions, McCain and Glenn were considered the
least culpable by the committee's special counsel. Yet both men
struggled under tough questioning.
</p>
<p> A befuddled McCain conceded that he may not have fully
repaid Keating for private-jet flights taken by his family. And
a hollow-eyed Glenn solemnly acknowledged writing on Keating's
behalf to S&L regulators at times when Keating was contributing
to his campaigns.
</p>
<p> This week Democrats Donald Riegle, Dennis DeConcini and,
probably, the ailing Alan Cranston will be grilled in the final
act of a saga in which none of the five has done himself--or
the Senate--proud.
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