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Hanson too was aware that her days were numbered. Her version of events surrounding the White House-Treasury contacts contradicted those of Altman and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen. Bentsen was reportedly furious with...
...First Lady seems entirely willing to get with the program. In a press conference last week, she was lukewarm toward the Mitchell plan that her husband had endorsed, pointedly preferring the Gephardt proposal. At a private meeting with House Democrats earlier this week on trade issues, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen was asked how much influence he had with the Clintons on health-care strategy. Bentsen held his thumb and forefinger about an eighth of an inch apart, shrugged and steered the conversation back to free-trade legislation. Says a House Democrat: "There is a sense of complete chaos around here...
...sign of bad things to come. After all, the scariest skeletons for the Clinton Administration are expected to be found in the Arkansas part of the Whitewater investigation, which Congress has yet to tackle. Sources tell TIME Washington Correspondent Suneel Ratan that Josh Steiner, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen's Chief of Staff, will probably not have to step down. Frank Newman, a former banker and current Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance, is rumored to be Altman's successor...
...investigated a case involving his friend, the President. But stepping aside would mean that responsibility for the investigation would fall entirely to RTC general counsel Ellen Kulka, who had no ties to the Clintons. Kulka and Treasury counsel Jean Hanson had urged Altman to recuse himself. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen agreed but left the decision to Altman...
Nine Republican Senators say they want Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen to fire three of his staff for lying to Congress during congressional hearings on Whitewater. The targets of their ire: Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, Counsel Jean Hanson and Bentsen's chief of staff, Joshua Steiner...