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On December 9, I was in Miami to open the Summit of the Americas, the first meeting of all the hemisphere’s leaders since 1967. One of the best things about the year for both Hillary and me was that Chelsea was home for the last half of it. It was an amazing turn in his eventful life, much of which had been spent in uniform, fighting the enemies of Israel, including Arafat. Whenever anyone made a snide remark about Yeltsin’s drinking, I was reminded of what Lincoln alleged

idn’t know whether anyone was still alive or whether, if Koresh heard my words, he might snap and kill them, too. By the end of July, I was getting concerned about the FBI, for reasons far more important than the bureau’s sex inquiries for Ken Starr. Before we left England, we went to Buckingham Palace, accepting Queen Elizabeth’s kind invitation to tea. In a meeting with Prime Minister Murayama, I told him that because of our security relationship and the sluggi