
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, January 20, 1994                   TAG: 9401200190
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-9   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

REPUBLICAN TO INVESTIGATE CLINTON DEALS

Attorney General Janet Reno has settled on Robert Fiske, a New York lawyer and a Republican, to be the special counsel to investigate the real estate investments of President Clinton, an administration official said Wednesday.

Reno and other senior Justice officials were described Wednesday as completing their work on the appointment and going through a final background check on the selection before making the announcement.

Aides to Reno said she might make the announcement as early as this morning.

Fiske, 63, a partner in the Wall Street law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell, was appointed by then-President Ford in 1976 to be the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. He held that position until 1980.

He has had a series of high-profile clients in recent years in both political and finance circles. He did not respond Wednesday to several messages left at his home in New York and his office.

During the Bush administration, Fiske had been selected to be deputy attorney general, but he withdrew his name from consideration as after a battle with conservative Republican senators.

- The New York Times

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