EXPERTS BULLETIN: Theodore O. Windt, Department of Communication Chairman Peter M. Shane, School of Law Dean

President Clinton has had to defend himself to the American people several times during his presidency. But with the new allegations against him, will the President be able to focus on his agenda for the country? Or in light of the recent firestorm, will the President face impeachment? University of Pittsburgh professors can provide insight to both issues.

Theodore O. Windt, professor of political rhetoric at Pitt, is an expert in the combined study of rhetoric and political science. Windt developed the first presidential rhetoric undergraduate courses in the country 26 years ago. Author of Essays in Presidential Rhetoric and the prize-winning book Presidents and Protesters: Political Rhetoric in the 1960s, Windt serves as political analyst for KQV radio in Pittsburgh, was political commentator on KDKA TV, and a member of the Decision Desk for Elections at ABC-TV in New York. Contact Windt at

412-624-1564 or 412-963-8439.

Windt can discuss:

• How allegations against the President will affect his

State of the Union address.

• If the public cares more about the message or the

President's private behavior.

• Other political scandals and how this one compares.

Peter M. Shane, Pitt Law School dean and former Justice Department and OMB lawyer, is an administrative and constitutional law authority with special expertise on separation of powers matters. He participated in drafting key Justice Department legal opinions on the capacity of the executive branch to function during a lapse in congressional appropriations and also the Reagan Administration's executive order on presidential oversight of the regulatory process. Shane is co-author of Separation of Powers Law: Cases and Materials, which helps readers analyze legal disputes over political power prominent in today's headlines. Contact Shane at 412-648-1401 or 412-422-9383.

Shane can discuss:

• How the recent allegations will affect the President's

power to govern.

• If there is enough evidence for impeachment proceedings.

• The powers of independent counsel Kenneth Starr and the

constitutionality of the independent counsel law.

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