10/17/1989
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"We are entering the top of the ninth inning of negotiations."
"I announce my intention to nominate John Cameron Monjo to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan."
"The truth is he and I are going fishing."
"But we will do everything we can that's in the law to see that this man does not use my name in raising funds for these nefarious purposes."