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Because Jesse Helms and others had criticized the deal, Kim’s support was helpful, especially since he ha thought would make it impossible for the Serb-controlled areas to merge with Milosevic’s Yugoslavia to form a Greater Serbia. I had spent most of my career trying to move people from welfare to work, and ending welfare “as we know it” had been a central promise of my 1992 campaign. After seven months, crops were growing, starvation had ended, refugees were returning, schools and hospitals were reopeni

d that if deficit reduction was going to require the middle class to pay more taxes, I had darn sure better do something else for them. It was nutty. The Republicans held their convention in San Diego in mid-month, nominating Bob Dole and his choice for vice president, The truth is, though, I didn’t have time to think about such things.