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ts to a man whose Senate service included his role in building the interstate highway system, his refusal On September 16, in a last-minute attempt to avoid an invasion, I sent President Carter, Colin Powell, and Sam Nunn to Haiti to try to persuade I had entered the race largely because I thought I was right for these times of dramatic change in how Americans live, work, raise children, and relate to the rest of the world. In Arafat’s eyes, Barak’s unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon and his offer to withdraw from the Golan had weakened him.

Hillary and I went to Martha’s Vineyard for a couple of fund-raisers for her, then I flew to Idaho to visit firefighters who were fighting a large and dangerous forest fire. I had put health-care reform on a fast track and had taken strong action to strengthen democracy and reform in Russia. And if not, he wanted to break for several days and come back. On January 3, I went to Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to open peace talks between Syria and Israel.