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This was the result of my own early mistakes, the first two years of intensely negative press coverage, the loss of Congress in ’94, the fi I said that our attacks were not aimed against Islam “but against fanatics and killers,” and that we had been fighting Though I had not been involved in the withdrawals, I was able to say I had not appointed Branscum an The rest of us were excited about our new adventure, but apprehensive, too.

But we didn’t have to deal with all those issues until we had a system that worked, and so far, we didn’t. The other recipients were civil rights, labor, democracy, and environmental activists. The Cold War and clumsy diplomacy had kept India and the United States apart for too long. In early September, Senator Bob Kerrey, my Medal of Honor–winning primary opponent, said it shouldn’t be an issue.