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Yet, on balance, I still felt good about where things stood: the country was moving in the right direction, my job rating was high, and we still had plenty to do. Sharif was concerned that the situation Pakistan had created was getting out of control, and he hoped to use my good When I got back to the residence it was late and we still weren’t completely packed. ThePost editorial said, “This country is drifting and worn down; it badly needs to be reenergized and given new direction.

Now our last phone conversation seemed too routine, too full of idle chitchat; we had talked like people who think they have forever to talk to each other. we maintained our confidence and our leadership as the world’s “indispensable force for peace and freedom. s becoming difficult for him; he disagreed with my economic and budget policies, believing I had put too As for the “didn’t inhale” remark, I was stating a fact, not trying to minimize what I had done, as I tried to explain until I was blue in the face.