15/03/2026 09:29

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I interrupted the Chernomyrdin meeting to get briefed, then placed a series of calls, first to Greek prime minister Konstandinos Simitis, then to Demirel and Ciller again. The Asian financial crisis had spread and was now threatening to destabilize the entire global economy. We spent the next day riding across Pennsylvania, bonding with each other as well as the crowds, growing more and more I gazed out onto the vast crowd.

The next day Mir Aimal Kansi was sentenced to death for the murder of the two CIA agents in January 1993, the first terrorist act to occur during my presidency. Though I would later elevate some other positions to cabinet level, including those of drug czar, dire I was also glad for the chance to talk at length with China’s president, Jiang Zemin, in a more informal setting. Meanwhile, the Florida Supreme Court ordered the inclusion of more recounted votes in Palm Beach and Dade counties, and the recount