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I liked Rawlings and respected the fact that after seizing power in a military coup, he was elected and reelected president, and was committed to relinquishing his office in 2000. When I said that the Americans who disagreed with me and supported the war were good people who wanted freedom for the Vietnamese, he replied, “I know. On national security, I asked for funds to guard computer networks against terrorists, and to protect communities from chemical an Bush had righted his campaign after losing in New Hampshire by winning in South Carolina, aided by a tel

Bush and Dick Cheney in Philadelphia. As for my management style, I knew I had a lot to learn, and I had used the transition to absorb as much about as many aspects of the President’s job as I could. I also supported more political freedom in China, and had recently invited the Dalai Lama and Hong Kong After the national security announcements, I was close to meeting my self-imposed deadline of appointing the cabinet by Christmas.