15/03/2026 09:36

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As one of my relatives said, he was the salt of the earth and the spice of life. It was a courageous vote. There were not going to be two majority-Arab states in the Holy Land; Arafat had acknowledged that by signing the 1993 peace agreement with its implicit two-state solution. I asked Sandy, Madeleine, and Dennis to figure out what we should do next, and turned my attention to other things.

But, as we discussed how much deficit reduction we needed, I was concerned about the short-term drag that Laura Tyson and Alan Blinder predicted—and Roger Altman and Gene Sperling feared—might occur. Bill Clinton is the only candidate with a chance of doing that. re tired but exhilarated, and before falling asleep I took some time to review the latest draft of my inaugural address. holding the alliance together and in never wavering in our steadfast commitment to victory on the bad days as well as the good ones.