Word: appointment
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...newsreel of our President as he was presented with a live Thanksgiving turkey. One couldn't be sure whether he would eat it or appoint it to his Cabinet...
...partly owned allegedly paid a bribe to a union leader. The new probe, launched by Attorney General William French Smith at the urging of Brooklyn Prosecutor Thomas P. Puccio, is the first step required under the 1978 Ethics in Government Act to determine whether the Justice Department must appoint a special prosecutor to examine the evidence against Donovan...
...Justice Department now finds itself in the uncomfortable position of deciding whether to appoint special prosecutors to investigate two top officials in the Reagan Administration. In the case of National Security Adviser Richard Allen, the department is trying to determine whether he may have violated any laws by accepting two watches valued at $270, or by misreporting the date when he sold his consulting business. Both Donovan and Allen have survived previous inquiries into their conduct. But this time, the whiff of scandal has become so politically damaging that the Administration may cut them loose no matter what the Justice...
...decision to appoint a special prosecutor is now as much political as legal. By naming one, the Attorney General could give the White House an excuse for dismissing Allen permanently. Meanwhile Allen's deputy, James Nance, is Acting National Security Advisor, but Administration insiders are already speculating about a permanent successor. The leading candidate: David Abshire, chairman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University. A hard-line conservative, he is highly thought of by many State Department officials. In this respect, Allen's departure might produce another political dividend: it could ease the unseemly...
Unfortunately, Allen says, he forgot all about the money. In September the safe was cleaned out, and someone told the FBI of the cash. The Justice Department is investigating the matter; because Allen is a high federal official, the Attorney General may have to appoint a special prosecutor if doubts about his conduct persist. Allen stepped down from Reagan's staff for a week last fall amid reports that he had misused his connections in the Nixon White House. Will the President stick by him this time? "I can't comment on that while it is under review...