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Clinton "Useless" w/o Pen: Uses SmartCard Encrption
Source: Fox News - AP
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WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Clinton feels 'utterly useless' without his pen
6.33 p.m. ET (2233 GMT) September 4, 1998
By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) � What's the point of being president if you can't
use your pen?
Seated at matching laptops, President Clinton and Irish Prime Minister
Bertie Ahern used "smart cards,'' personalized codes and digital readers
Friday to electronically affix their signatures to an electronic commerce
agreement.
Clinton joked that he missed the old-fashioned way of approving deals.
"Do you have any idea how much time I spend every day signing my name? I'm
going to feel utterly useless if I can't do that anymore,'' he said.
He also offered this insight on being president: "You know, by the time
you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions.
You just sign your name.
"You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime
ministers, virtual everything. You know, just stick a little card in and
get the predictable response.''
<snip part about Clinton's golf game>
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