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CLINTON'S PEOPLE: Sandy Berger...
...Berger can make Washington's wheels whirl and knows Clinton well enough to tell him when he is going wrong. But what does Berger himself really value? "His family, the Baltimore Orioles and human rights," quips a friend. Central to his thinking, Berger says, is the conviction that pursuing American values abroad -- democracy, human rights, free markets -- "is very much in our interests. It's a chaotic world, but one that's also filled with opportunities, because American leadership is not only unquestioned but actively desired by many countries...
That statement distills the centrist internationalism of the Clinton team, which is convinced that the world will be safer and more stable -- goals that were also Bush's watchwords -- if the U.S. stands up more robustly for democracy and human rights. Berger respects Jimmy Carter's ideals and is attracted to service in government as a means of doing good, but he measures good in terms of practical results. "Carter launched too many initiatives and kind of overloaded the circuits," Berger reflects. In serving his old friend from Arkansas, he is determined to ensure that the new President does...
...danger of losing many of its professionals. A New York Times poll showed that 60% of the people sampled were thinking of leaving. "If the ability to believe in the future is what separates a growing from a dying civilization, then New York is in deep trouble," says Stephen Berger, a former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...
...problems, though, New York still has a superb infrastructure for housing, transporting and employing large numbers of people. "It's far easier to fix New York," says Berger, "than to rebuild it in Des Moines." More important, cities such as New York and Tokyo will never lose their role as % marketplaces of ideas. Even as electronic communications increasingly link people over long distances, they still crave face-to-face encounters...