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Nation Wednesday • February Jail possible for Lewinsky if she refuses to talk before grand jury WASHINGTON (AP) — Monica Lewinsky faces sev eral choices, none of them pretty, now that she has been summoned to testify before a grand jury with out full immunity from prosecution. If she invokes the Fifth Amendment, she could still be ordered to testify with limited immunity. If she still refuses to talk, she could end up in jail like Whitewater figure Susan McDougal, who has been behind bars since 1996. “It’s a chess game with each side looking for an ad vantage on the next move,” Neal Sonnett, a Miami criminal defense lawyer, said. “I don't think she’s got a whole lot of good options,” Drake University law professor Hunter R. Clark said. Independent counsel Kenneth Starr subpoenaed Lewinsky to testify Thursday about an alleged affair with President Clinton and cover-up. Her lawyer, William Ginsburg, has accused Starr of reneging on an agreement to give her full immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony. Without full immunity, legal observers say, events could well follow the same path as in many other cases with reluctant witnesses: Lewinsky could refuse to testify, relying on her Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. Starr could then get a court order requiring her to testify under limited immunity. And then, she could either testi fy or prepare for probable jail time. Ginsburg said Tuesday his client will appear in court when she is required to do so and will not defy a court order. Failure to show would mean a con tempt ruling and jail. “She will do what she has to given the situation she finds herself in,” Ginsburg said. "She will not go to jail like Susan McDougal. She has no intention of falling on her sword. On the other hand, she will ex ercise all of her constitutional rights.” A full immunity agreement still might be worked out before Lewinsky’s grand jury appearance. By summoning Lewinsky to testify, Starr is “ratcheting things up” and could pressure Ginsburg for a deal more to prosecutors’ liking,” said former federal prosecutor Barbara Nicastro. Under limited immunity, her own testimony could not be used against her, but she still could face criminal charges based on other evidence. People who testify under limited immunity gener ally are more reticent than those who cooperate under full immunity. Temple University law professor Edward Ohlbaum said that no matter what kind of immunity Lewinsky might receive, “I don’t think she’s going to be a willing witness under any circumstance at this point, and I think (Starr) understands that.” Satcher confirmed as Surgeon Gei WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. David Satcher, who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural Al abama to head the Centers for Dis ease Control, overcame conserva tive objections to win confirmation as surgeon general Tuesday. He fills a high-profile but polit ically risky job that has been va cant for more than three years as President Clinton searched for someone who could speak with authority on public health and also win Senate approval. “This is an American dream come true,” Satcher, 56, said in a statement, “to go from a humble farm in Anniston, Ala., to the office of surgeon general, to have the chance to serve the country I love, and to earn the confidence of so many leaders I honor and respect.” Satcher was approved on a bi partisan 63-35 vote despite argu ments by some conservatives that his positions on abortion and other issues rendered him unfit. President Clinton did not direct ly acknowledge the criticism but called Satcher “a mainstream physi cian who is an eloquent advocate for the health of all Americans.” “No one is better qualified than Dr. Satcher to be America’s doctor,” Clin ton said in a statement after the vote. He said Satcher will be "a leading voice” in the effort to pass compre hensive tobacco legislation this year. On Friday morning, Satcher will be sworn in as both surgeon general and assistant secretary of the Department “No one is better qualified than Dr. Satcher to be Americas doctor.” Bill Clinton U.S. President of Health and Human Services. The surgeon general’s post com mands little inherent power, but it serves as the nation’s top bully pulpit on public health issues. Past surgeons general have focused the nation’s at tention on venereal disease, smoking and AIDS, often befe were widely discuss “When the surgeor; the world listens,” sat R-Tenn., a surgeon ,, ie ■ the Senate fight lory jyJ Dr. JoycelynE resign after suggest: s ^ bation might betaiK he President Clinton's: ; yd I Irm \ I lister, fai s i. confirmation after . s he had performed, j bI Satcher has saidi 0 t on waysAmericansc a j health: betternutrili^ 1. cise, less smokingan the In fighting Sat iei lives focused on t fc ( linton, Satcheri ^as on a controversial!; ; a i tion procedure. ;hr; “America desert te John Ashcroft, R-.M ?ni edly from the Senate! 1 le also criticized: port for a controvert. AIDS project than ment from some pat grams that give dir; needles in hopesofv spread of HIV. 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