18/02/2026 16:54

---

d in what kind of leadership it would take to end the gridlock and reduce the partisan bitterness in Washington. Everyone else walked out on cue, leaving Arafat, Rabin, and me alone for a moment. And I was determined not to fall into the “rosy scenarios” trap the Republicans had followed for twelve year Now I said we would hand-search more luggage and screen more bags on domestic and international flig

and the Russians had a common position when Chernomyrdin and Ahtisaari went to Serbia to try to persuade Milosevic to give up his futile resistance. sible for him to proceed with troop redeployment and prisoner releases, or to move on to the even more difficult final status issues, The members of both delegations spoke English, but Arafat always conducted business in Arabic. Within hours, Saddam had backed down completely, and had committed to resolving all outstanding issues