On February 9, Helmut Kohl came to see me. r seats for doing so, to announce that the deficit had been completely eliminated for the first time since 1969. He was a good majority leader, he had been loyal and extremely helpful to me, and it was far from certain that we could hold on to his seat in the November election. Moreover, it wouldn’t have to last long to bankrupt us; I had the lowest net worth of any President in modern history.
I was also impressed that Tony Lake agreed with her. Lake and Tarnoff immediately took off to make the case for our plan, then met with Holbrooke on August 14 When Yitzhak presented the award to me, he insisted that, as the honoree, I stand on his right, even though protocol dictated that foreign leaders stand on the President’s right. It was sure to give President Bush a boost.
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