It would have been far less politically damaging. September began with a memorable trip to Hawaii to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World He pleaded with me to stay, saying that we had to finish the peace and that if we didn’t do it before I left office, it would be at least five years before we’d be this close to peace again. engthen democracy and effective government throughout the region; and to show that America was determined to be a good neighbor.
Until my friend Kevin O’Keefe left the counsel’s office, he often joined us. Soon after that, Newt Gingrich announced that he didn’t have the votes to pass the fast-track trade legislation in the House. Netanyahu told me we couldn’t reach agreement on all the issues and suggested a partial one: Israel would withd Now, with education critical to our security in the twenty-first century, I asked that we approach it in the same way: “Politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
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