Bentsen’s deputy secretary would be Roger Altman, vice chairman of the Blackstone Group investment fir In some ways, that was even harder. I was hoping to give him some encouragement, but he had already gone home for the night and said he needed to spend some time with his wife, Lisa. I understood his frustration with Arafat, but I couldn’t do that; it would have been a disaster, and I told him so.
Our ambassador, David Hermelin, an irrepressible man of Norwegian-Jewish descent, tried to do his part by serving kosher hot dogs to both Barak and Arafat. We sent pins with “Rapid-Response Team” on them to those who agreed to do daily duty. Prosecutors from the Justice Department’s public integrity office argued against a special prosecutor. After a brief period in an Arkansas county jail, to which she was led in handcuffs, leg manacles, and a waist chain, Susan
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