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Wed 01 Jan 2009Secret of the eagle Clinton landed
FROM THE ARCHIVE GEORGE KIMBALL’S AMERICA AT LARGE, December 14th, 2000IN THE course of the visit to Dublin of America’s First Family on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton prefaced her remarks at the US Ambassador’s residence by voicing her husband’s principal regret about the brevity of the trip: “Bill is heartbroken he can’t play golf.”
Outside the rain was falling on a chilly, windy, wintry day, and the Oireachtas ladies chuckled politely, assuming the remark to have been made at least half in jest, but my guess is she was telling the truth.
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