Word: altmans
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Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, to whom Hanson's memo was addressed, could land in more trouble too. He has admitted that he gave White House officials a "heads up" briefing on the RTC probe in February, but at first did not acknowledge knowing of any earlier meetings. Even before her Sept. 30 memo turned up, however, Hanson reportedly told investigators that Altman not only knew about similar meetings in September and October 1993 but actually ordered them. Those reports have touched off rumors that Altman, once thought likely to succeed Bentsen at Treasury, is considering resigning. Sources close...
Back in March, TIME and other news organizations reported that Stephanopoulos on Feb. 25 separately phoned Treasury chief of staff Josh Steiner and Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman (then acting head of the RTC) to inquire angrily about the appointment of former Republican U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens -- a harsh Clinton critic -- to assist in the RTC investigation of Madison Guaranty, a failed Arkansas savings and loan whose proprietor had been a Clinton business partner and fund raiser. Officials familiar with those calls told investigators that Stephanopoulos asked whether Stephens could be dismissed. Stephanopoulos later explained that he was "just blowing...
...would like to point out two factual errors printed in the "Dartboard" of the May 20 edition of The Crimson. First, Daniel Altman and Benjamin J. Heller print that "only 25 percent of students voted them [council representatives] into office." This figure is, in fact, quite wrong. The official records show that 44 percent of the college population voting in this fall's election...
Even The Crimson's own council beat reporter recognized this fact before the meeting of May 15, when Altman and Heller claim the council first set an attendance limit...
...Daniel Altman's column appears on alternate Mondays...