Despite the partisan divide, the Democrat chairman of the panel, Henry Waxman, and the ranking Republican, Tom Davis, subsequently sent a letter to the Justice Department stating that Clemens's denials of drug use, under oath, warranted further investigation.
"The fact the Farnells told the same lie to their family provides strong evidence of their belief they were acting in Pipah's best interests but it provides no excuse for taking the lie one step further by repeating it under oath," he said.
Let the new gang resolve to live by a political version of the Hippocratic oath, and do no (further) harm.
Halevi does not spell out why he thinks Aristotle would have decided to argue for the opposing view, but it seems to have some connection with the status and function of oaths, which calls for further reflection.
Dr. Koop, to his embarrassment, testified to that effect, under oath, at a committee hearing and, further, that undergoing a safe and legal abortion is 10 to 20 times safer than carrying a pregnancy to term and giving birth.
The psychiatrist John Zinner took the argument further, suggesting that, as doctors, who swear an oath to protect their patients, psychiatrists have an obligation to speak out about the menace posed by Trump's mental health.
I won't do it voluntarily and no one will be able to force me"), and then, after being told explicitly that if he wished to testify in his own defense he might "do so under oath or without an oath," declared without further ado that he would prefer to testify under oath?
HMIC said it would now seek further details about Boyling's alleged false evidence under oath before reviewing its report.
Further, would-be Canadians also need to sign an Oath of Citizenship form.
Such techniques promise to blur still further the once-sharp distinction between physician and surgeon that the Hippocratic oath sought to preserve.
