ESPY MAY FACE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR

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Another embattled Administration official may soon be facing an independent-counsel investigation. This time it's Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, who's accused of accepting travel and gifts from Tyson Foods Inc, the largest U.S. poultry processor and a firm with close ties to Clinton. Within two weeks, the Washington Post reports, Attorney Janet Reno will move on plans to request an independent counsel, who may widen the probe to include top USDA aides. Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers reports the president has "absolute confidence" in Espy, who denies any wrongdoing.