Word: bentsens
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...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...
Roger Altman probably knew his days were numbered when Bill Clinton issued a tepid, one-sentence endorsement of his college chum and campaign fund raiser. In a statement released by Treasury chief Lloyd Bentsen last Monday, Clinton said, "I believe that Roger Altman has been an excellent Deputy Treasury Secretary, and we want him to continue in that capacity." In Washington, where what isn't said is often more important than what is, those less than bracing words of support could have another translation: "Pack your bags...
Secretary Bentsen, who surprisingly was neither interviewed nor deposed by special prosecutor Fiske, now faces additional questions about his role. So Cutler could prepare for the hearings, last weekend Bentsen turned over to him copies of interviews with Altman, Hanson and White House aide George Stephanopoulos that had been conducted by the Treasury's inspector general -- this before the I.G.'s report had been completed. Sherman Funk, a veteran inspector general in Washington, called Bentsen's action "totally inappropriate...
...meeting, Nussbaum and other White House officials preferred that Altman not recuse himself from the RTC's Madison-Whitewater case. At the time of the session, Altman was leaning toward relinquishing his formal authority over the case, as he was advised to do by several Treasury colleagues, including Bentsen. But when the meeting got under way, the White House officials "reacted very negatively," wrote Josh Steiner, the Treasury Department chief of staff, who kept a detailed diary of the events. The White House, he noted, was very concerned about "turning the RTC" over to people the White House "didn...