The President testified under oath during four hours of sworn testimony at the White House, as grand jurors watched via closed-circuit TV. Later, he took to the airwaves acknowledging an "inappropriate" relationship with Monica Lewinsky, denying any criminal wrongdoing, and insisting the affair was a family matter. "Even presidents have private lives," he intoned.
TIME chooses Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr as the Men of the Year while Mark McGwire takes on the Hero of the Year title