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Maybe I was pushing the Congress, the country, and the administration too hard. on projects, which were specific spending items members of Congress obtained for their districts or states. He also had some off-the-wall ideas from time to time and wanted to politicize foreign policy too much, but I had worked with him long enough to know when to accept, and when to reject, his advice. Newt Gingrich later said to me that after hearing the speech, he told the House Republicans that if I could pers

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