8 Responses

1. Tobinnotimpap Said,

   Then Netanyahu and Arafat signed the agreement, just before the sun went down and Shabbat began. The Middle East peace was still alive.
   Four days later, just before I left again for Wye River, I named John Podesta to succeed Erskine, who had strongly recommended him for the job. I had known John for nearly thirty years, since Joe Duffeys campaign for the Senate in 1970. He had already served as White House staff secretary and deputy chief of staff; he understood Congress and had helped guide our economic, foreign, and defense policies; he was an ardent environmentalist; and except for Al Gore, he knew more about information technology than anyone else in the White House. He had the right personal qualities, too: a fine mind, a tough hide, a dry wit, and he was a better hearts player than Erskine Bowles. John gave the White House an exceptionally able leadership team, with Deputy Chiefs of Staff Steve Ricchetti and Maria Echaveste and his aide, Karen Tramontano.
   Our last stop in Ireland was in Limerick, where fifty thousand supporters of peace filled the streets, including the relatives of one member of our delegation, Congressman Peter King of New York, who had brought his mother home for the event. I told the crowd that my friend Frank McCourt had memorialized the old Limerick in Angelas Ashes, but I liked the new one better.
   Months of work had gone into preparation of the summit. Both parties wanted the United States to work with them on the hard decisions and believed that the high drama of the event would help them sell those decisions back home. Of course, in any summit theres always a risk that the two sides wont be able to reach an agreement, and that the high-profile effort will damage all involved. My national security team was worried about the possibility of failure and its consequences. Both Arafat and Netanyahu had staked out tough positions in public, and Bibi had bolstered his rhetoric by naming Ariel Sharon, the most hard-line of the prominent Likud leaders, foreign minister. Sharon had referred to the 1993 peace agreement as national suicide for Israel. It was impossible to know whether Netanyahu had given Sharon the portfolio to have someone to blame if the summit failed or to provide himself cover on the right if it succeeded.
   The next day we left for Marthas Vineyard on our annual vacation. Usually I counted the days until we could get away for some family time; this year, though I knew we needed it, I wished that I was working around the clock instead. As we walked out to the South Lawn to get on the helicopter, with Chelsea between Hillary and me and Buddy walking beside me, photographers took pictures that revealed the pain I had caused. When there were no cameras around, my wife and daughter were barely speaking to me.

   Posted on June 7th, 2013 at 7:42 am

2. The Nightfly Said,

   E’ almeno un mese che qui non funziona un cazzo

   Posted on June 7th, 2013 at 10:45 am

3. loop Said,

   non funziona il download poichè i provider italiano bloccano il dns dei siti tipo UPLOADED e RAPIDGATOR.
   imposta un server dns ‘free’ estero, tipo quello di google

   Posted on June 7th, 2013 at 12:58 pm

4. Poops Plate Said,

   Links down

   Posted on June 7th, 2013 at 1:15 pm

5. Dax Said,

   Both links are dead

   Posted on June 7th, 2013 at 1:27 pm

6. ypsie Said,

   Both links are dead

   Posted on June 7th, 2013 at 2:10 pm

7. LeoLuv Said,

   File not found =/

   Posted on June 7th, 2013 at 6:06 pm

8. Anita Bonghit Said,

   Fuck this band& their singer & anyone that supports them, even if it’s illegally downloading their shit.

   Posted on June 14th, 2013 at 9:15 pm

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