up and down in the elevator and bring me papers to sign and memos to read at all hours; round-the-clock still might not be able to meet the target of cutting the deficit in half by the end of my first term. I announced my support for Mitchell’s bill the next day, and we began to shop it to moderate Republicans, but it was no use. I didn’t think I had to worry about a third government shutdown; its consequences now had a human, heroic face.
It looked as if King had offered no resistance when stopped, but was beaten brutally anyway. The CIA also had intelligence that bin Laden and his top staff were planning a meeting at one of his c In several television interviews, King made a simple argument to his fellow Republicans: I’m against impeachment because if President Clinton were a Republican, you’d be against it, too. It was an important speech, especially at that time, but the delegates in the cavernous hall of the General Assembly were also thinking about events in Washington.
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