There was also good news in Northern Ireland, where George Mitchell had reached an agreement with the parties to On June 20, the Yugoslav military completed its withdrawal, and just two weeks later the UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that more than 765,000 refugees had already returned to Kosovo. As Bob Rubin often said, Mack had established a collegial atmosphere within the White House and with the cabinet that many previous administrations never achieved. Ever since the election, Tom DeLay and his staff had been firing up the right-wing networks to demand my impeachment.
They were also especially good at defending Hillary from the anti-family attacks, comparing the Republicans’ treatment of her to their Willie Horton tactics against Dukakis four years earlier. I knew I had to have their support to succeed, and they knew the American people would hold us all accountable for breaking the partisan gridlock in Washington. Walesa remained adamant. Michael Morrison, the young man who drove his wheelchair down an icy New Hampshire highway to work for me, was there.
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