On Wednesday, President Bill Clinton asked Reno to probe the Arkansas shootings, in which four school children and a teacher died, and two other school shootings in Paducah, Ky.

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"I was mad, " Reno told reporters, when asked her reaction to the belated release of the videotapes.

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Mr Clinton said he had asked the Attorney General, Janet Reno, to try to determine whether there are common threads between the Jonesboro tragedy and similar shootings in Kentucky and Mississippi in the past five months.

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Janet Reno, America's attorney-general, asked for an independent counsel to look into the role of the interior secretary, Bruce Babbitt, in a decision to stop an Indian casino project .

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When asked why he does not ask Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint a special counsel, as he did for Whitewater, the president said at that time there was no current law on the books describing the threshold.

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'" When asked if the FBI indicated evidence exists to appoint an independent counsel Reno said, "I'm the one who has to make the decision and determine the conflict, so I don't think they, from their perspective, can make that decision.

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TEMPLE-RASTON: And he was asked to actually take part in that investigation by then Attorney General Janet Reno because law enforcement in the Boston area had a conflict of interest.

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