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Face Time With the First Kibitzer

Jonathan Alter and Bill Clinton have a history. The two met in 1984, and Alter interviewed Clinton several times during his presidency. Then, in the midst of the Monica scandal, Alter asked Clinton whether he would consider psychiatric therapy. "We were riding in the presidential limo," Alter recalls. "Clinton just blew up at me." White House aides took to referring to the exchange as the "are-you-crazy-Mr.-President question." And Clinton declined to give Alter another interview--until now. (Page 34)

On War Footing

Christopher Dickey and Joshua Hammer had only a brief break between writing last week's cover story and reporting on the latest outbreak of ...