And he sort of said, I think he responded, I don't know or let me think about that, and left that topic.

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Let me think about that over the weekend.

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According to Ms. Lewinsky, when she suggested that the gifts he had given her be concealed because they were the subject of a subpoena, the president stated -- I don't know or let me think about that.

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Let me think about that.

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And the managers quote one variation of Ms. Lewinsky's description of that December 28 conversation as follows: At some point I said to him, well you know, should I -- maybe I should put the gifts away outside my house somewhere or give them to someone, maybe Betty and he sort of said -- I think he responded, I don't know, let me think about that and left that topic.

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That answer, the let-me-think-about-it answer, that answer led to action.

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Let me ask about that, because I think that some people, particularly on the left or the right, are going to listen closely to those words and they're going to be asking, does that mean that she decides a case on the situation more than, say, what the Constitution says?

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And let me tell you something, that is what I think about every night when I put my girls to bed.

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Let me say that again, they've agreed to think about talking about gun control.

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Well, let me take you down the unlikely road that may make you think twice about holding your prime money market fund.

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When she asked what to do about the gifts, at most he says "let me think about it" -- though Ms. Lewinsky has acknowledged on several occasions that he may have said nothing.

CNN: Transcript: White House Deputy Counsel Mills' statement

But the Senate should know that in fact Ms. Lewinsky has discussed this very exchange on at least 10 different occasions and that the very most she alleges in any of them is that the president said: I don't know, well let me think about it, when she raised the issue of the gifts.

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