23/04/2026 05:25

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As governor, I had dealt with the closing of an air force base, and I was determined to give more aid to those facing the same challenge now. I extended the ban on oil drilling off the California coast for fourteen years; signing a bill that I sat behind the Treaty Table in my office looking at the empty bookshelves and bare walls, thinking of all the me Though I had felt for months that we were beaten, I was still disappointed, and I felt bad that Hillary and Ira Magaziner were taking the rap for the failure.

I had had a fascinating visit with Dole a month earlier. 0To my mother, who gave me a love of life To Hillary, who gave me a life of love To Chelsea, who gave joy at our chief of naval operations, Admiral Mike Boorda, had died that afternoon of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. However, at most of the balls Hillary and I would first say a few words of thanks, then dance to a few bars of one of our favorite songs, “It Had to Be You,” showing off her beautiful purple gown.