Izetbegovic was also in the White House on the twenty-sixth to meet with Al Gore, whose national security aide, Leon Fuerth, was responsible for our success in making the embargo more effective. Carter, President and Mrs. poke of achieving ambitious goals that, at least on the surface, seemed mutually exclusive; and had lived a far from perfect life. He told me we were standing almost exactly where he had landed in 1944.
On all the great questions facing Europe, he was on the right side, and pushing hard for his point of view. They thought if they trashed me long enough, the press and the public would eventually blame me for their bad behavior, as well as for my own. And after eight months of deadlock, we also won approval for America’s contribution to the International Monetary F Now I would just have to continue making individual trade agreements and hope that Congress wouldn’t kill them with amendments.
Join the newsletter to receive news, updates, new products and freebies in your inbox.