'Old habits die hard': Sonia recalls Bill Clinton sizing up women at reception
In her memoir, Sonia Gandhi recounts an anecdote from 2000 where she observed then-US President Bill Clinton behaving inappropriately by sizing up women at a reception in India. The book also details interactions with other world leaders, including former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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The memoir provides a personal, behind-the-scenes perspective on the diplomatic interactions and personal conduct of high-profile global political figures.
NEW DELHI: The Monica Lewinsky scandal had subsided by the time then US President Bill Clinton visited India in 2000. However, "old habits die hard", Sonia Gandhi writes in her memoir, recalling how Clinton would occasionally be seen "surreptitiously sizing up the more striking women" at a reception.The Clinton anecdote is among the many interactions with world leaders, including Princess Diana and Nicolas Sarkozy, Gandhi has recounted in her just released book "Belonging: A Journey Of Love".She talks at length about a reception then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee hosted in Clinton's honour."President Bill Clinton was staying at the Sheraton hotel with his daughter, Chelsea, and his delegation in 2000 when I called on him with our foreign minister.
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