The cases were brought by the U.S. Department of Justice's Campaign Financing Task Force and one-time Independent Counsel Ken Starr.

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His co-chairing in 2004 of an independent task force on Iran, which recommended engagement rather than confrontation, has tipped his hand on a key issue.

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