WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 8: US President Bill Clinton (2ndR) leaves the podium in the White House briefing room followed by Vice President Al Gore (R) after announcing late 07 February that, despite White House intervention, there is still no settlement in the six-month-old baseball strike. At left are special mediator W.J. Usery (L) and US Labor Secretary Robert Reich (2ndL). President Clinton said he will ask the US Congress to end the strike through binding arbitration.(COLOR KEY: Blue curtain at rear.) AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP via Getty Images)
