12/17/98
``It's certainly rather suspicious timing,'' said Rep. Tillie Fowler, R-Fla. ``I think the president is shameless in what he would do to stay in office.'' ``He's playing politics with national security,'' said GOP consultant Alex Castellanos.
``Words cannot express the absolute outrage I feel over men and women in the military possibly being put at risk in order to divert attention from this fellow's problems,'' said Paul Weyrich, a leading conservative activist.