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AP NEWSLINE - Monica Lewinsky, in a statement released today, countered
President Clinton's firm denial:

"I have had enough. This whole experience has left a bitter 
taste in my mouth, and I can't stomach any more. I feel as if 
I am getting the shaft, that this ugly matter has come to a 
head and blown up in my face.

"This may be a load to handle, but when things are hard, that 
is
when I am at my best. I have faced hard things in the past, 
and I know what is coming. I will meet the challenge the only 
way 
I know how: head on."

"I have licked bigger things than this before, and I will 
again. No one will ever be able to say that Monica Lewinsky 
isn't a finisher,that she quit before the job was done. I will work
non-stop and fight this, blow by blow, until I am wiped 
clean of this dirty affair. I will not be stained by it."

"Thank you."

Monica Lewinsky