We all thought it fitting that his last days were spent in St. On January 8, I flew to Austin, Texas, where I had lived and worked for McGovern more than twenty years earlier. But the losses shocked America, and the battle that produced them was inconsistent with our larger humanitarian mission and the UN’s. When we opened the floor to questions, the press asked the inevitable ones about human rights, Tiananmen Square, and Tibet.
As I stood in the Oval Office discussing it with Hillary, George Stephanopoulos, Tony Lake, and Martin Indyk, Tony said he knew a way I could shake hands with Arafat while avoiding a kiss. Walesa remained adamant. Thousands of people had waited up for us. chess twice a week on the Internet with a man from Australia, we obviously had to broaden our horizons in the years ahead.
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