It marked the beginning of our commitment to solving the Asian financial crisis, which would grow much worse in the coming year. I agreed with many of the particulars of the contract. I still hadn’t heard from Arafat. The governors were concerned about the economy, which diminished state revenues, forcing them to cut services, raise taxes, or both.
In January 1997, Mexico repaid its loan in full, with interest, more than three years ahead of schedule. At the outset, both Jesse and I saw it as an opportunity to bridge our differences and build a united front for the campaign. Presidents going back to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have guarded their reputations jealously: Washington, fr After the first session, my people worried that I’d let Yeltsin harangue me the way Khrushchev had hectored Kennedy in their famous meeting in Vienna in 1961.
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