Bill Clinton: “It was not set aside. I'll tell you again, I considered a significant number of men for this position. And as I said…”

“It was not set aside. I'll tell you again, I considered a significant number of men for this position. And as I said before--someone asked me about this double standard issue--there were also a significant number of men who couldn't go forward in this process because of some of the same problems that you all have written about. I thought it was important not to disqualify women just because of what happened before. And I really believe--I'm not sure you could find anybody around the country that would get any more favorable and broad- based support than I have been given in spontaneous comments. I just left a Member of the House of Representatives who doesn't live within 200 miles of Janet Reno, who heard that I was going to name her and just went out of his way to tell me that it was a great appointment, what a wonderful thing it was that I had done. I feel very comfortable with this appointment on the merits. Law Enforcement”