In an effort to capitalize on the shift in momentum, I sent Tony Lake and Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff The rest of us were excited about our new adventure, but apprehensive, too. I almost wound up being grateful to my tormentors: they were probably the only people who could have made me look good to Hillary again. Congress had also approved national service, the Russian aid package, the motor voter bill, and the family leave law.
They succeeded partially, underfunding but not eliminating investments in our common future. Al took to the job like a duck to water, bringing in outside experts and consulting widely with government employees. The Congress also agreed to let us put chemical taggants in plastic explosives and left open the option requiring them in other types of explosives not clearly prohibited by the law. But I would have.
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