On January 5, I held a meeting leading to the announcement that I would temporarily continue President Bush’s policy of interceptin They were designed to bring us into small towns and rural areas never visited in modern presidential campaigns, which had become dominated by rallies in major media markets. Besides, we had an indirect family connection: when Chelsea was born, the doctor was assisted by a wonderful Ghanaian midwife who had come to Arkansas to continue her education. I had a good relationship with Weld, perhaps the most progressive of all the Republican governors, but I didn’t want to lose Kerry in the Senate.
he Kashmir dispute, especially under circumstances that appeared to reward Pakistan’s wrongful incursion. , Chelsea explored caves with the Shipley kids, and several of my staff went bungee jumping off a high bridge. I had liked John ever since I had met him in the 1980s when he was a law student working as an intern in Mickey Kantor’s firm in Los Angeles. And Africa had given me a great gift: in the wisdom of a Rwandan widow and of Nelson Mandela, I had found more peace of mind to face what lay ahead.
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