Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics. Haiti's military junta. You can depart voluntarily and soon or you can depart involuntarily and soon. Trading with China, but not with Cuba. We do not have a cookie-cutter approach to policy.
China is a world power. . . .
Cuba is an embarrassment to the Western Hemisphere. Her own story. In the administration's internal policy debates, Albright has practically always been on the side of those who favor a more assertive role for the United States, in such diverse trouble spots as Somalia, Haiti and Bosnia. Christopher, by contrast, approached the job of secretary of state from the perspective of a successful West Coast lawyer. A skilled negotiator, he devoted a disproportionate amount of his time to resolving conflicts, notably in the Middle East.