Should the Bush Administration prove determined nonetheless to press forward with such initiatives, despite the fact that they would have the effect of still further aligning the United States with Gorbachev and his central authorities -- and, as a practical matter, undermining the democratic alternatives -- Congress should move to block these steps .

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But no, as a matter of fact, I mean, the notion of being First Lady of the United States -- there had never been anybody of my race who had been here.

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