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Many analysts predicted Reich would receive a top economic post, but when Bentsen was named Treasury Secretary and Rep. Leon Panetta (D-Calif.) named budget director yesterday, speculation about Reich widened...
...appointments of Reich and Shalala bring the number of Cabinet-level appointments to three, after Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.) was named Treasury Secretary Thursday...
...first round of appointments tohigh-level government positions, Clinton alsonamed Senate Finance Committee Chair Lloyd Bentsen(D-Tex.) as Treasury Secretary, and House BudgetCommittee Chair Leon E. Panetta (D-Calif.) asbudget director...
...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...
...Lloyd Bentsen: The Texan, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, wants the post, but Clinton may conclude he can better help by staying put. "He'd send the same signals as Volcker," says a Clinton adviser, "but we haven't worked with him and he may be out of synch with what we want...