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We used the crisis to increase support for our Russian aid package, which passed the House, 321–108, on September 29 and the Senate, 87–11, on September 30. exceptionally able and delightful man who inspired the confidence of all his NATO leaders, no matter how large their egos. The next day, at the White House, I held a reception for Nelson Mandela with African-American religious leaders. As a young man, he had spent time in our country, including a brief period working in a Howard Johnson’s restaurant in Boston.

But David remained king. Newt sure didn’t want that, so, like Bob Dole, he would try to keep as much from happening before the midterm elections as possible. Instead, when he rose to speak, John said that I was his friend and brother, that he had stood with me when I was up and w The $24 billion assistance package President Bush had announced the previous spring hadn’t done that, because