We shook hands and talked as if nothing else in the world was going on. ributions from other countries and the World Bank, that brought the total aid package to just under $40 billion. Cheryl’s finest moment was her closing. That left seven seats up in the air, five currently held by Democrats and only two by Republicans.
The tour ended in Chicago with Jesse Jackson and Speaker Hastert, who had decided to support the initiative. The next day the stock market fell 115 points, prompting me to tease Bob Rubin again about how much Wall Street hated it when average Americans did well. He pleaded with me to stay, saying that we had to finish the peace and that if we didn’t do it before I left office, it would be at least five years before we’d be this close to peace again. And I began the search for a vice-presidential nominee.
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