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hat we could do to help Yeltsin live with NATO expansion, including getting Russia into the G-7 and the World Trade Organization. But I thought we had nothing to lose by exploring every option. I sent Dick Holbrooke back to see him one last time, but even Dick couldn’t budge him. By the time I became President, the arms embargo and European support for the Vance-Owen plan had weakened Muslim resistance to the S

After the American Legion meeting, I got back to my message of changing America’s direction in economic and social We had already reduced toxic air pollution from chemical plants by 90 percent, and had set tough standards to reduce smog and soot that would prevent millions of cases of childhood asthma. Signing the welfare reform bill was one of the most important decisions of my presidency. I was determined to show the American people that I was on the job and getting results for them.