ABSTRACT
On October 24, 1998 the Washington Post reported on a “Netanyahu, Arafat Accord.” It called the accord “a remarkable chapter of personal diplomacy” for Bill Clinton. President Clinton himself said that brokering the agreement was party of “my job as president, my mission as a Christian, and my personal journey of atonement.” On Face the Nation, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the commentators around her called this a “personal political victory” for the key negotiators. Patrick Buchanan offered similar commentary on The McGlaughlin Group.
