The debate intensified when the Republicans won control of Congress in 1994; many of them had promis I committed to reduce the size of the federal workforce by 100,000, and to cut administrative expenses, saving $9 billion. By contrast, I thought some of the criticism on the Haitian issue was justified, given the unqualified statements I had made during the campaign. He also found that Nussbaum and Altman had not acted improperly.
By Sunday, October 3, the conflict between Yeltsin and his reactionary opponents in the Duma erupted into a battle on the streets of Moscow. The CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, and our entire counterterrorism group had worked hard to thwart several planned attacks in the United States and the Middle East. I asked Ralph Applebaum to do the exhibits, because I thought his work on the Holocaust Museum in Washington was the best I had ever seen. Amazingly, no Medals of Honor had ever been awarded to blacks who served in that war.
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