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Clinton was still able to preside Friday morning at a mass swearing-in ceremony for the other 13 members of his Cabinet, plus three more top aides. Even those who had faced tough questioning in confirmation hearings -- Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt -- were confirmed with barely a murmur of opposition. A still closer presidential assistant also is moving into new quarters. Hillary Clinton became the first First Lady to line up an office in the executive West Wing of the White House; her husband's aides said she would be an important adviser...
Clinton sometimes leaves the impression that no sale is ever final. A week before Clinton named Bruce Babbitt to be Interior Secretary, the Arizona Democrat was told by Clinton aides to prepare to become U.S. Trade Representative. Babbitt spent a week boning up on the subject, and flew to Little Rock on the eve of the announcement thinking he was joining the economic team. Later that night, he was told to switch gears. Cracked a Babbitt admirer: "He's the best-prepared Trade Representative that Interior has ever...
Secretary of the Interior-designate Bruce Babbitt, 54, a former Governor of Arizona...
...continued to proceed cautiously. Clinton designated heads of nine "cluster groups" that will look into the operations of government departments; the most widely recognizable name was that of former astronaut Sally Ride. He also began what one aide called "job interviews" with a few Democrats -- former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, Senators Tim Wirth and Lloyd Bentsen among them -- who have been mentioned for Cabinet-level appointments...
...some indications that more voters are troubled by allegations of adultery and draft evasion than will admit it to pollsters. But youthful experimentation with pot is a proven non- issue in the case of candidates who admit it straightforwardly; it had no effect on the 1988 campaigns of Bruce Babbitt or Albert Gore Jr. or the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. And probably not 1 voter in 50 could even say just what are the questions that have been raised about Clinton's financial dealings...