Over the next several years, through many meals, visits, and phone calls, we would forge a political and personal bond that would bear great fruit for Europeans and Americans alike. The next day, after several Republican senators had expressed support for the raid, Lott backed off his comments. It was a real mess, but probably too complicated to affect any voters this late in the campaign. Barak and Arafat were present, but might as well have been on opposite sides of the world from each other.
On the other hand, I had always had a tendency to try to do too much, which also contributed to physical exhaustion, irritability, and my well-deserved reputation for tardiness. Strangely, it was one aspect of Starr’s operation that was not leaked to the press. The next day, the drama moved to the Senate. Before long, David Trimble, who led the largest Unionist party, would join them at the White House on St.
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