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DATE: TUESDAY, January 24, 1995                   TAG: 9501250042
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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IN THE NATION

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department cleared the Bush administration Monday of any wrongdoing in the so-called ``Iraqgate'' affair, releasing an internal department report saying no evidence could be found of any criminal conduct beyond that of six U.S.-based employees of an Italian bank who have been convicted of illegal transactions.

The department's report, more than a year in the making, dismissed allegations by the bank's convicted Atlanta manager, Christopher P. Drogoul, that higher officials in Rome approved his branch's illicit loans of $5 billion to Iraq before the Persian Gulf War and that U.S. intelligence officials knew of them.

- Los Angeles Times

Congress' privileges just became limited

WASHINGTON - Calling government elite and out of touch with ordinary Americans, President Clinton signed a bill Monday that will force Congress to live by the same laws it imposes on others.

In an Oval Office ceremony, Clinton said the bill will help bring ``a reality check to Washington.''

|- Associated Press