Word: altmans
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...central figure" in the scandal. "He should be fired," says Republican Senator Al D'Amato. Or at least put "out of the picture" on an unpaid leave of absence, said Republican Senate Leader Bob Dole last Friday. The target of these attacks is Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, the latest Clinton Administration official caught in the Whitewater affair's web of fact and innuendo...
Political trouble threatens all in its path indiscriminately. Public officials served with subpoenas suffer tarnished reputations no matter the ultimate result -- which is why distinctions should be drawn. Where does Altman...
With impressive government experience already behind him, Altman probably felt confident that he knew the rules of the game when he joined Clinton last year. As Jimmy Carter's Assistant Treasury Secretary, Altman helped engineer ) the Chrysler bailout. Thanks to his talent and good luck (he and Clinton became friends in college), Altman is now Lloyd Bentsen's understudy. He is also acting head of the Resolution Trust Corporation, an assignment he accepted to fill a temporary vacancy in the RTC's chairmanship. This is the chore that has sullied...
...particularly sensitive because the agency is trying to recapture money lost from failed savings and loans like Madison Guaranty of Little Rock, the institution with ties to the Clintons' hapless Whitewater Development Corp. As a result of Altman's congressional testimony, the public now knows that Treasury officials held three meetings with White House aides to discuss the RTC's Madison investigation. Administration officials confirm that Altman didn't know about the first two. Those became public after Altman acknowledged that he himself called the third for last Feb. 2, a session he describes as a "brief heads-up" designed...
...Robert Altman, "Shot Cuts"-- So great, we forgot to nominate the film...