The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so.

as the "Great Conciliator" Baker is often regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms of brokering compromises enacting legislation and maintaining civility. Harry W. He is also an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy.

The senator is reported to have replied "You're wrong. (born November 15 1925) is a former Senate Majority Leader Republican U. S.