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Pres. Bush did too little for Russia; Clinton did not

On critics’ charges that the Administration bungled Russia policy: Russia inherited a lot of problems from the former USSR, corruption being high on the list, [but] made some progress. I don’t think history is likely to criticize this Administration for doing too much with the Yeltsin government. It’s more likely that history will criticize, first, the Bush Administration, and then possibly us, for doing too little in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War. Source: Interview in Business Week, p. 42-43 Dec 20, 1999

Supports Malaysian opposition leader Ibrahim

[During a visit to the wife of Anwar Ibrahim (Ibrahim is the former deputy of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Magathir Mohammed, and was jailed and beaten for opposing official corruption in Malaysia) Vice President Al Gore made] a forceful speech in which he hailed the “brave people” who have rallied behind Ibrahim and invoked the incipient democracy movement’s slogan, “Reformasi.” Source: The New Republic, 12/7/98, p.10, col. 1, “Notebook” Dec 7, 1998

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