House Speaker Newt Gingrich (seated, right) listens to Microsoft senior vice president Craig Mundie (C) talking about the advancements Microsoft is making with 'Web-TV' during a demonstration of the product at the software company's headquarters in Redmond, 13 January. Gingrich spoke to Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in a private meeting earlier in the day. Seattle was the first stop in a 17-state tour for Gingrich in which he will lay out the Republican party agenda for 1998.

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