15/02/2026 16:49

---

I wanted to see the price stabilize at between $20 and $22 a barrel and hoped OPEC could increase production enough to do that; otherwise, the United States could have significant economic problems. Bentsen had done a remarkable job, and I didn’t want him to leave, but he and his wife, B. Bob Rubin and I didn’t make too many policy errors; I believe this was one of them. It was assumed that Palestine would get the Muslim and Christian quarters, with Israel getting the other two.

Vernon Jordan set up a golf game with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, America’s wealthiest men. Monica continued to visit the White House, and I saw her on some of those occasions, but nothing improper occurred. It’s hard to get politicians in swing districts to take a 17 percent deficit on any issue into an election. ice for her continuing refusal to talk to the grand jury, the same offense for which she had already served eighteen months for civil contempt.