Bill Clinton: “Yes, but I think we already have had it. I mean, after all, we had an independent panel review what the ATF people did…”

“Yes, but I think we already have had it. I mean, after all, we had an independent panel review what the ATF people did there. We've already had 10 congressional hearings on Waco. And I think the American people should remember that. I'd just like to remind you of the facts. There was action taken based on mistakes made. There is new leadership at the ATF. The facts were made known of what they did and the FBI did and others did, and there were 10 congressional hearings last year. If they want to have other hearings, fine. But let's not lose the forest for the trees here. All this renewed interest in Waco came up by people who were worried about the fact that there would be a renewed interest in exploring the kind of militant groups that the suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing was involved with. So if they want to look into Waco, fine, but let's not forget what the real problem is here. The real problem is what happened at Oklahoma City. At Waco, whatever else the facts are, it's clear there was a valid warrant. The people in the cult shot first and killed innocent Federal law enforcement officials. When the FBI went after them, based on their best available intelligence at the time, they killed the children there--the people there, not the Federal officials--the people in the cult did. And when they finally had their place inspected, what did we find? We found illegal machine guns, illegal explosives, and the capacity to build another 100 high-caliber illegal machine guns. And Koresh shot his way into the leadership of the cult. So there's a lot of historical revision going on here to take people's attention off Oklahoma City. [The network took a commercial break.] Violence in Entertainment Mr. King. People often ask, what do you talk about during breaks? We were talking about movies. Now, normally that would be considered inconsequential, except movies are suddenly political. Okay, what do you make of Bob Dole and the charges that--well, I'll tell you something he said yesterday. He said, ``Mr. Clinton will not criticize the movies like I do because if he needs a million dollars, he has to go to Hollywood.'' And he said, ``If he needs $2 million, he has to go see Barbra Streisand, and she has to put on a concert.'' She'll be here tomorrow night, so I mentioned that. Your thoughts on Mr. Dole.”