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Now the hostage-taking had erased that fear and given the Serbs a free hand in eastern Bosnia. Moreover, I despised terrorism, as did the American people; politically, there was a lot more downside than upside to the decision. We closed the Albanian embassy, sent in heavily armed marines to guard it, and began working with local authorities to break up the al Qaeda cell there. Shimon Peres came to see me at the end of the month to sign an anti-terrorism cooperative agreement that included $50 million for ou

ents and making sure he received public recognition for his invaluable contribution to our successes. When I came home to the budget war, the Republicans shut down the government again and it sure didn’t feel a Apparently, he no longer thought Arkansas was irrelevant. He wanted me to use my good relationship with Shara and Assad to keep the Syrians happy while he said as little as possible during his self-imposed waiting period.