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l states and to enjoy some of the ceremonial duties of the presidency, including the presentation of a Congre Warren Christopher did participate, probably because he was the most disciplined man on the planet and thought ation agreements with President Yeltsin, Prime Minister Major, and the presidents of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. He had a blunt but effective speaking style, and he was convincing a lot of Americans that, with his business acumen, financia

-term abortion that seemed so heartless and cruel that many pro-choice citizens thought it should be banned. By the early 1990s, opposition to affirmative action had built up: from conservatives who said that any race-based p I thought it was the right thing to do, and also good politics. In a sunny outdoor ceremony in a public space near the medieval city hall and the old cathedral holding Charlemagne’s remains, I thanked Cha