It wasn’t true. The others all got out, but Joe Kruzel soon died of his injuries, and one French soldier also perished. Starr himself didn’t tell the truth under oath about trying to get Monica Lewinsky to wear a wire. I accepted immediately, but President Bush didn’t like the commission’s debate formats.
The risks were considerable, but I had confidence in Mexico’s new president, Ernesto Zedillo, an economist with a doctorate Hillary commented to me afterward that the event almost had the feel of a victory rally. Between the tough medicine in my economic plan and the bad press over problems, both real and imagined, my public approval had dropped steeply since the inauguration. It was a good announcement, but Yeltsin stole the show.
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