16/02/2026 03:21

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There were several interesting developments in foreign policy in December. She won the primary on the twelfth and handily defeated Lazio in their debate moderated by Tim Russert in Buffalo. Finally, on March 29, eight months after Bob Rubin and I had first requested it, I signed a bill to increase the debt limit. When the Russian economy collapsed and the military budget was slashed, the START II treaty had turned into a bad deal for them.

Later the sanctions were extended to the Taliban as well. We talked about a wide variety of issues, and I found the President’s review of our foreign policy challenges particularly insightful. He was young and cautious and had given me his honest, albeit mistaken, opinion. On October 3, acting on a tip that two of Aidid’s top aides were in Mogadishu’s “Black Sea” neighborhood, which he control