The next day, Jiang Zemin came to Washington. I finished with 43 percent of the vote, to 37. In the run-up to the inauguration, we held a series of events to emphasize that things were going in the right direction, highlighting 11. Then came the keynote speeches by Senator Bill Bradley, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, and Governor Zell Miller.
It was Hillary’s first formal event as First Lady, and she was nervous, but it went well. If I had delayed my speech, it would have sent a message to the American people that their business had been put on the back burner. Is it ever! There was no time to celebrate, and we didn’t take much time to rest, which was probably a mistake. Starr had been an outspoken proponent of the Paula Jones lawsuit, appearing on TV and even offering to write a friend-of-the-court brief on her behalf.
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