When the conference opened, the atmosphere was electric, almost as if it were a rock concert for policy makers. This was almost inevitable in an environment where the print and network news media faced more competition from cable channels and wh President Bush was in Moscow signing the START II treaty with Yeltsin. Then he said that everyone knew that’s what had happened to President Kennedy, too, but that we Americans “have been successful in covering it up.
Like Rabin, he promoted peace, but with an edge: “Our people do not consider that exercising the right to self-determination could violate the rights of their neighbors or infringe on their security. We couldn’t do conference calls, but anyone could press one of the big lighted extension buttons and listen in on someone else’s conversation, including mine. Against all odds, they both were trying to free their people from the shackles of the past. We had to find a replacement.
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