” I highlighted Arkansas’ programs in education and jobs and the support I had from twenty-four retired generals and admirals and several Republican businesspeople. missioning and the resolution of political issues; all parties, including Sinn Fein, would be invited Newt Gingrich later said to me that after hearing the speech, he told the House Republicans that if I could pers I couldn’t help laughing to myself at the thought that whether or not I succeeded in making peace in the Middle East, Bosnia, or Northern Ireland, at least I had saved some Aegean sheep.
Strobe’s main point is that I became my own “Russia hand” because, while not an expert on Russia, I knew “on I supported the treaty and said I was prepared to push its ratification in the Senate. They had the desired effect. ss on 88 percent of contested votes, a mark bettered only by Eisenhower in 1953 and Johnson in 1965.
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