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Clinton nominees quickly learned Helms' soft spots. "If you're ever being confirmed by Jesse Helms, always refer to your dead parents in your opening statement or have your kids at the hearing," says a former Helms aide. Albright won him over with stories about fleeing communism as a child...
This White House has found that Helms can be cultivated, but it has to be done as carefully as growing a prizewinning rose. Joe Biden of Delaware, the committee's savvy senior Democrat, last year got Helms to agree to allow the U.S. to pay $926 million of its arrears...
Belk talked Helms into delivering a speech to the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 20, a first for the Senator and the council. The next night Belk was host of a dinner for Helms with 130 of the U.N.'s diplomatic elite at the posh Metropolitan Club.
The cease-fire had begun. Helms reciprocated by inviting the Security Council representatives to the U.S. Capitol this spring. The 15 ambassadors sat politely as Helms delivered a civics lecture on Congress's role in U.S. foreign policy. Some doodled on notepads, but the Senator was glowing. "I think Jesse...
Even though he will be 80, Helms is almost certain to be re-elected if he does run. Southerners tend to keep Senators in office forever. Even George W. Bush can't count on a free pass from Senator No if he wins the White House. Helms held up more...