Rubin, as moderator, was again keeping his own counsel, but I sensed he was with Bentsen and Panetta. When Arafat said he would be there, I again asked Rabin to come. e state’s moderate and traditional conservative voters with the more extreme politics of the Republican Congress. I signed two more appropriations bills, for the legislative branch and for the Treasury Department, the Postal Service, and general government operations.
forces to apprehend Aidid, I did not envision anything like a daytime assault in a crowded, hostile neighborhood. ” I suggested we work together on welfare reform and the line-item veto, which I supported. I had let my sense of urgency blot out the memory of another of my laws of politics: Everyone is for change in general, but against it in particular, when they themselves have to change. We held on to our big ’92 margins in Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, and California, and substantially increased the edge in Michigan and Ohio.
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