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In the early days of Whitewater, one of my friends was forced to resign his government post because of something he had done wrong before he came to Washington. After the Indian tests, I urged Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif not to follow suit, but he couldn’t resist the political pressure. with a call for developing countries like China and India to participate; within thirty years they would surpa I had developed a comfortable working relationship with both leaders by then and had decided the onl

It was a chilling indication of how thin-skinned Starr was, and how willing to use the power of his office against anyone who criticized him. On the night of the twenty-second, I was just glad that the TelePrompTer was working. The trip to the MIA site was an experience none of us would ever forget. China, with the region’s fastest-growing economy, had kept the crisis from growing even worse by refusing to devalue its currency.