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Had I fallen forward, the worst that could have happened was scratched palms. Still, I was optimistic about Kerrey because he was genuinely committed to reducing the deficit, and he w It was a wonderful moment in American history, but a tense one for President and Mrs. Beyond the domestic agenda, I told Lehrer that I wanted to prepare our nation to deal with the biggest security challenges of the twenty-first century.

We had leased a wonderful old train we dubbed the “21st Century Express” for the trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana to Chicago. I thought I was approving a police action by U. Every year Congress passes bills more than a thousand pages long dealing with less profound and complex subjects. even though, as Patterson said, I had kept “dozens” of my campaign commitments and that I was a Preside