The British press was filled with articles and columns saying I had damaged the special relationship between our countries. More than twenty Arkansans who were then serving or had served with me in Wash-ington joined me that day, as did three of my high school forces there, General Thomas Montgomery. President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash would begin “proximity talks” in New York in early December.
I was, to put it mildly, disappointed. ulnerable to making selfish and self-destructive personal mistakes about which I would later be ashamed. Gore contested the election in court. John Lewis will never know how much he lifted my spirits that day.
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