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04Precedent · how it went for them

The situation“I've got thirty minutes to run a meeting I haven't prepared for.”

Leaders who made the same call — what each did, and how it went.

WorkedHalf-worked

Worked · Chesley Sullenberger, US Airways Flight 1549, January 2009

Three minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia, a flock of Canada geese hit both engines of Sullenberger's Airbus A320.

Half-worked · Hillary Clinton, US State Department on Honduras, 7 July 2009

On 7 July 2009, nine days after the military coup that had removed Manuel Zelaya from the Honduran presidency, Hillary Clinton met Zelaya at the State Department.

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