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e thought about this, that as a President elected with 43 percent, you may be trying to do too much, too fast . uncertain of what to do and unwilling to take on another problem in an election year, content to leave the matter in Europe’s hands. It was clear to me that the senior military didn’t want to do this, perhaps because of Somalia, perhaps because they would have to Even though when the bombing wasn’t over in a week we were constantly second-guessed, Bill Cohen and Hugh Shelto

should also have required prior approval of the Pentagon and the White House for any operations of this magnitude. As July was drawing to a close, we still hadn’t been able to agree on a detailed budget consistent with the earlier, more general agreement with the Republicans. Over the next three days, protests escalated all over China. Well over one million people lined the streets, ululating and shouting in grief and respect to their fallen monarch.