FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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NOW DEMANDS PUBLIC OFFICIALS REJECT APHRODISIAC OF POWER

JANUARY 28, 1998

"While we do not know the truth of the allegations made against President Clinton, we want to state clearly our belief that it would be a misuse of power for any public official to have a sexual relationship with an employee or intern," said NOW President Patricia Ireland.

"Whether the boss is a county supervisor or the president of the United States, no public official should take advantage of the aphrodisiac of power. We must demand that public officials, at all levels and in all branches of government, pledge to reject sexually intimate relationships with employees\volunteers."

Link to this release at http://www.now.org/press/01-98/01-28-98.html