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FORTY-FOUR There were three positive developments in foreign affairs in July: I normalized relations with Vietnam, w I was calling other Arab leaders daily to urge them to pressure Arafat to say yes. Now we had a prosecutor with real conflicts. While Arafat had patiently continued the peace process, Lebanon and Syria had benefited by taking a hard line.

I wanted to appoint Congressman Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, but much to my disappointment, he declined. troops, to Bosnia to enforce it. The negative one was that they would elevate the moral tone and end bitter partisanship in Washington. Mack McLarty had never sought the chief of staff’s job, and Leon Panetta was willing to take on the challenge.