” As everyone knows, Yeltsin had a fondness for vodka, but, by and large, in all our dealings he was alert, well prepared, and effective in representing his country. We were having a Christmas reception at the White House that night, and I asked every lawyer who came through the receiving line if he or she had ever heard of such a ruling. But I shouldn’t have worried. Havel was a good friend of our UN ambassador, Madeleine Albright, who was born in Czechoslovakia and delighted in every opportunity she had to speak with him in their native tongue.
She had worked hard for years to build our progressive record and to run a tight ethical operation. I was just thankful he had stayed for the full four years. It seemed to me that the roots of the problem were these: the White House staff had too little experience in, and to Still, he argued, we couldn’t behave as if we didn’t care that Aidid had murdered UN forces who were serving with us.
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