Blair was young, articulate, and forceful, and we shared many of the same political views. The District still had a lot of problems, but it was in much better condition than it had been eight years earlier when I took my pre-inaugural walk down Georgia Avenue. Beyond the public events, I spent most of my time with our national security team discussing how we were going to respond to the African attacks. nts in New York, including a stop at the state fair in Syracuse, where I was right at home with the farmers.
First, by the time the soldiers were in position, in adequate numbers and with proper support, the Serbs would have done an enormous amount of damage. We were doing our best to convince international investors that Brazil was committed to reform and had the cash to fight off speculators. On June 3, I spoke at the American cemetery at Nettuno, once scarred by battle, now lush with pine and cypress trees. We all thought it was the work of bin Laden and al Qaeda, but we couldn’t be sure.
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