07/02/2026 02:57

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I asked her to come see me so that we could talk it through. I left India feeling that our nations had begun a solid relationship, but wishing I had another week to absorb the country’s beauty and mystery. and headed for the putting green on the South Lawn, where I prayed to God to spare Yitzhak’s life, hit the ball aimlessly, and waited. In the post–Cold War world, with America the world’s only military, economic, and political superpower, every nation wanted our attention, and it was usually in our interest to give it.

And, most important, Hillary stood with me and loved me through it all. ledged America’s support for their hard-won freedom, their economic aspirations, and their partnership with NATO. Our relationship had been strained by the presidential campaign, and Nebraska was a heavily Republican state. I went back into the Lincoln Bedroom, read Lincoln’s handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address one last time, a