The boat capsized and she drowned after putting Elián in an inner tube to save his life. At five, George woke me with a request to call Adams again to seal the deal. Since several nations were still trying to obtain them, the extension of NPT was one of my most important nonproliferation objectives. He was also the leading force behind the emerging European Union, and he was in favor of admitting Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic into both the EU and the NATO alliance.
Two weeks later the Cold War continued to fade into history as the Senate ratified the START II treaty, whic I met with their families in New Jersey and was deeply moved by their steadfast commitment to peace as the only way to prevent more children from being killed in the future. I wanted to hold up my end of the bargain. and I named his deputy, Joe Lockhart, who had served as press secretary for my reelection campaign, to succeed him.
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