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Brazil was a different story. He had taken a lot of hits for the Travel Office and had endured countless press stories criticizing our decision-making process. That night the Jordans hosted a birthday party for me, with old friends and some new ones. On December 15, I hailed the joint declaration of British prime minister John Major and Irish prime minister

In December the parties had met at Bolling Air Force Base for talks that didn’t succeed because Arafat wouldn’t accept the parameters that were hard for him. The toughest issue for me was the BTU tax. On July 8, I called Al and asked him to be my running mate. I knew he was on shaky ground at home, and I hoped he would survive, because I needed his cooperation in the fight against terrorism.