Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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MONICA! The White House may have been in crisis all year, but the events were less the stuff of great drama than of a farcical musical comedy. Hey, wait a minute--let's put on a show! The time: November 1995. The House Republicans, led by Speaker Newt Gingrich, are insisting on their version of the budget. President Bill Clinton is stubbornly rejecting it. The Republicans have taken a bold option: They will just refuse to pass a budget, and they'll let the government shut down. In the Oval Office, BILL CLINTON meets with advisers LEON PANETTA and HAROLD ICKES and secretary BETTY CURRIE to discuss this development. "The Shutdown" (upbeat production number) PANETTA: The Republicans have positions ICKES: The president is just as firm The die, it seems, is cast. PANETTA: Without a budget passed by Congress The government will close. All of the workers Will be sent home on furloughs. CLINTON [speaking]                : Well, wait a second--not all of them. We'll need to keep some essential personnel. PANETTA: The Army and the Navy Will need to stay in place. ICKES: Also those at NASA CLINTON: And here at the White House My staff should remain. CLINTON: OK, tell the ushers Who will get the phones? CLINTON [speaking]                : We've got to make sure the Oval Office functions with efficiency. We can't afford the tiniest error. PANETTA: Aha! I have it! We'll bring in an intern, We'll bring in an intern, We'll bring in an intern, We'll bring in an intern, CLINTON: I've got deputies and bureaucrats Who fulfill my every thought. And soldiers, sailors, and Marines To fight battles I want fought. There's no one who's got more power, I'm the leader of all that's free But if you subtract the flags and lackeys, I'm just Lonely. CURRIE: Mr. President? The intern is here. And she's brought you some pizza! [The lights go down. When they resume, the intern-- MONICA LEWINSKY --is talking on the phone to her good friend LINDA TRIPP .] LEWINSKY: Well, y'know, I'd seen him around, like, a lot. And I know he noticed me. So when they said they needed an intern to answer the phones, I said, "Hel-lo-o-o!" And then I had the idea to take him pizza! He studied my thong, And from that point I had the president hooked. That night when I took the president some pizza, I made sure that he knew that he could have a piece. And dispensed with formalities. TRIPP: Oh please go on! You must go on! "Please, please, please, please, please!" But then we didn't go on! TRIPP: You didn't go on? TRIPP: So you didn't go on? LEWINSKY: No, we didn't go on. He said he wasn't sure if I was someone he Could TRIPP: Trust? LEWINSKY: That's why we didn't go on. TRIPP: That's so weird! What did he think? That you'd go blabbin' this to the whole world? LEWINSKY: I mean--rilly! Hey, what's that clicking? TRIPP: It's just my gum. LEWINSKY: Oh--OK! [As the relationship between Clinton and Monica continues, some members of the White House staff become worried about the prudence of continuing the relationship with so much potential for scandal. This song is a conversation between Betty Currie, who, though worried, still thinks Monica is a good person, and the rather stonier EVELYN LIEBERMAN .] Betty, it's Lewinsky's time to go. I tell ya, it's Miss Monica's time to go. But I'm not kidding, it's time for her to go. CURRIE: Maybe she would like the Pentagon. CURRIE: Studly guys work at the Pentagon. Yes, it's really time for Monica to go. [Times passes. Monica moves to the Pentagon, but the relationship intermittently continues. Meanwhile, Paula Jones sues the president for sexual harassment, and it seems clear that before long, Clinton will have to testify under oath. Two close observers of those developments are old friends Linda Tripp and LUCIENNE GOLDBERG , who is friendly with lawyers for Jones and lawyers in the office of Independent Counsel KENNETH STARR . One day, Tripp and Goldberg talk on the phone.] GOLDBERG: I got tickets To the opera, Bloomie's says I've got $40 due, I lost a filling At lunch on Thursday. That's it for me, Now tell me what's up with you. TRIPP: My friend Monica? From the White House? I'm pretty sure what she's saying here is true. It seems this Monica chick GOLDBERG: Oh that's sick! TRIPP: And the two of them are going to lie about it, GOLDBERG: Back up, Linda, Clinton got into an intern's pants? GOLDBERG: Unless you get that airhead down on tape. TRIPP: What? GOLDBERG: Unless you get that silly, vapid, trampy time bomb Down on tape. TRIPP: Oh--one more thing ... GOLDBERG: What? [Independent Counsel Starr uses Tripp to detain Monica. A few days later, the news breaks. On the advice of his pal Harry Thomason, Clinton flat-out lies to his wife, to his loyalists, and to the public about the relationship.] CLINTON: You know I'd like to answer questions, An act my lawyers won't allow. I'll give you more not less, sooner not later, But I don't know why she'd say these things Her head's full of who knows what. But I never had sex with that woman I never had sex with that n-- Starr has spent $40 million, There's desperation on his face. An utter waste of public money, A prosecutorial disgrace. Made by a vengeful snitch. I never had sex with that woman I never had sex with that b-- A vast right-wing conspiracy Is using her to beat on me. I tell ya, I never had sex with that woman I never had sex with that [Months of investigation, legal wrangling, and public relations campaigning follow. Starr's tactics come under heavy fire, to which he responds.] STARR: It's true Monica asked to lawyer up, [After months of denials and futile delays, Clinton finally testifies before the Starr grand jury and argues that, technically, he didn't lie.] CLINTON: Depends what the definition of "is" is, CLINTON: Inappropriate was the nature of our actions, And believe me I regret the whole damn thing, But inappropriate are all these personal questions, The country doesn't need to know these things. [Clinton's enemies reject his apology, and soon the House of Representatives begins the long process of impeachment. NEWT GINGRICH here discloses his approach.] That we're going to impeach. Must remember to remain sober As we undertake this chore. Twice, in point of fact. Voters obviously were bewildered To have made a choice like that. I had Clinton boxed into a corner Looks like he's going to get away. I spent four years and 40 million That's a lot of time and loot. I made Clinton look ridiculous, But the only scalp I got was Newt's. LEWINSKY: The election was held and the people have spoken, Kenneth Starr should go away. I might be guilty of obstruction, Yet my ratings are sky-high.

<question>:
Why does the author say Monica was hired?

<options>:
A Clinton insisted his staff remain
B She was a secretary
C Due to the government shutdown
D It was in the budget

<answer>:

C