The next day, the leaders came down to Washington to see me, and I announced plans to bring them back to the United States within a month to hammer out an agreement. I hoped he could pursue our environmental agenda with less fallout in the western states than President Carter had suffered. That same day Al Gore went to Milwaukee to deliver a foreign-policy speech I had agreed to make, and I flew home. While we were on the trip, I sent Charlene Barshefsky and Gene Sperling to China to try to close the deal for China’s entry into the WTO.
class-mates who lived in the Washington area, and several Arkansans who had served as my liaisons to the legislature when I was governor. We both made positive opening comments about the need for honest debate and cooperation rather than the kind of name-calling sound bites that make the evening news. Nancy had advised me on foreign policy since the campaign, and I had developed great respect for her judgment. with Chuck Ruff, David Kendall, Bruce Lindsay, Cheryl Mills, Lanny Breuer, and Nicole Seligman on my defense team.
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