08/02/2026 23:00

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I knew I had made a terrible mistake, and I was determined not to compound it by allowing Starr to drive me from office. In an almost desperate attempt to regain the initiative, the foreign and defense ministers of NATO met in London. Censure was the preferred option of 75 percent of the American people; if a censure motion were to be presented to the House, the moderate Republicans would vote for it and impeachment would be dead. They were making up their case as they moved along.

In the presidential race, only Kentucky was in doubt; I was well ahead in all the others except South Dakota, where I expected the Republicans to come home to Dole at the end. In fact, trade had lifted more people out of poverty and pulled more nations out of isolation. He would turn out to be one of my best appointments, probably the finest secretary of defense since General George Marshall. Helping Mexico was the right thing for America.