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executive privilege.

Executive Privilege is not an unlimited right to refuse. It extends only to those topics or areas which are critical for the President to retain privacy in order to accomplish his role as Executive.

As such, it was possible for Congress to compel Bill Clinton to testify regarding the Whitewater affair.

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