I would enjoy these last receptions more and the chance to see so many people who shared our time in Washington. Chairman,” I replied, “I am not a great man. The first question, about how to guarantee fairness in trade, went to Ross Perot. I was scheduled to present the health-care plan to a joint session of Congress on September 22.
” Now that they were in place, I was ready to go all out to pass NAFTA in the Congress. Senator Robert Byrd, who was handling the proposal, was adamant that if we didn’t bend, we could break the filibuster. Most reporters knew nothing about Arkansas or me when they started. The flight was long and uncomfortable, but the time passed quickly as I discussed with Strobe Talbott and the rest of the team w
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